branch commands death_date allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
23px british army 2nd division 44th indian airborne division 2nd indian airborne division 4th parachute division british troops in greece 53rd division southern command brigade 1st airborne division 9th indian airborne 1980 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- united kingdom united kingdom knight companion of the order of the bath commander of the order of the british empire world war ii 1902 lieutenant general ernest down
 sir ernest down
ernest down

lieutenant-general sir ernest edward down kbe cb -lrb- 1902 -- 1980 -rrb- was a british general during world war ii .
