serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1899-1935 23px british army 156th infantry brigade 3rd division iraq bombay rmc sandhurst northern ireland infantry district brigade 74th -lrb- yeomanry -rrb- division 9th towcester , northamptonshire , england 24 may 1963 strandtown , belfast , ireland knight companion of the order of the bath companion of the commander order of st michael and st george of the order of the british empire world war i world war ii 14 october 1876 major-general eric girdwood
 eric girdwood
eric girdwood

major general sir eric stanley girdwood kbe cb cmg -lrb- 1876 -- 1963 -rrb- was a british military officer who served as general officer commanding the northern ireland district from 1931 to 1935 .
