Julian Jefferson

Brigadier Julian Jefferson (18 July 1899 – 18 June 1966) CBE was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

His military career spanned from 1918–1949, with Jefferson serving during the Second World War and commanding British forces in the North Caribbean in 1948.

He was appointed a CBE in the 1948 Birthday Honours, and in the same year he was awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States.

[1] He graduated from Sandhurst in August 1918, entering into the Welsh Guards as a second lieutenant during the closing stages of World War I.

[9] He attended the Staff College, Camberley from January 1933 to December 1934,[10] and was promoted to the rank of major while he was there in October 1934.