King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name MAJENDIE, Vivian Henry Bruce (1886-1960), Major General
Service biography Joined Somerset Light Infantry 1905; West African Frontier Force, South Nigeria 1908-1913; India 1913-1915; World War I 1914-1918; Commander, 1 Bn Somerset Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1916-1919; Commander, Amiens Sub Area, France 1919; Bde Maj, 14 Infantry Bde, Curragh, Irish Command 1922; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Royal Military College, Camberley 1922-1924; Staff Officer to Inspector Gen, West African Frontier Force 1924-1928; Commander, 2 Bn Somerset Light Infantry 1929-1933; Imperial Defence College 1932; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Staff College Camberley 1933-1936; Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters, India 1936-1938; Commander, 55 (West Lancashire) Div, Territorial Army 1938-1941; World War II 1939-1945; General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District 1941-1943; President, War Office Regular Commissions Board 1943-1946; retired 1946; Col, Somerset Light Infantry 1938-1947