Maxwell Brander

Maxwell Spieker Brander
Maxwell Spieker Brander
Born	11 October 1884
Died	30 October 1972 (aged 88)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1906–1949
Rank	Major general
Unit	Royal Army Service Corps
Battles / wars	First World War; Second World War
Awards	CB; OBE

Major General Maxwell Spieker Brander CB OBE (11 October 1884 – 30 October 1972) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.^[1]

Military career

Born on 11 October 1884, Maxwell Brander was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He received his first commission in the British Army in 1906. He served during the First World War and was mentioned in dispatches. Promoted to the rank of major general in 1936, he was Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office between 1937 and 1940, and Deputy Director-General of Mechanisation at the Ministry of Supply between 1941 and 1947^[2] and Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Army Service Corps from 1942 to 1949.^[3]

Major General Maxwell Brander became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1925,^[4] and a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1937.^[5] He retired from the British Army in 1949 and died on 30 October 1972.

^ Smart 2005, p. 38.
^ "Brander, Maj.-Gen. Maxwell Spieker, (11 Oct. 1884–30 Oct. 1972), Col Comdt RASC, 1942–49". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ Brander, Maxwell Spieker
^ "Issue 33053" (PDF). The London Gazette. 3 June 1925. p. 3773. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Issue 34396" (PDF). The London Gazette. 11 May 1937. p. 3079. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.