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Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn
The London Gazette has entries for K E M BRUNKER of the CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) as follows:
Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant 23/12/23 [Likely to have been commissioned in 1921]
Seconded for service under the Colonial Office 18/04/28
Restored to establishment 05/03/31 [returned to his Regiment]
Lieutenant to Captain 12/01/36 [a long time spent as a Lieutenant but fairly usual with slow promotion in the Army between the wars]
Captain to Major 23/12/38
Named in recognition of distinguished service in connection with operations in the field March - June 1940 [this would be the during the German Blitzkrieg invasion of France and the Dunkirk evacuation].
Major to Lieutenant Colonel 05/04/46
Lieutenant Colonel to retire 03/07/47
Ceased to belong to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers 03/10/56 [this likely to be at age 55 so making his Date of Birth around 04/10/01.
There are several other BRUNKERS in the London Gazette so possibly a military family:
C H M BRUNKER a Brigadier Royal Artillery in 1950
J M R BRUNKER a Captain Royal Artillery in 1951
G C M BRUNKER Lieutenant CAMERONIANS Territorial Army in 1959 [possibly son of K E M]
Tim
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Thank you Tim for going to the trouble of supplying this additional information. This opens up the way for further investigations on my part.