Percy Commings
{{Short description|British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Percy Commings
|birth_date=1880
|birth_place=
|death_date=1958 (aged 77−78)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears=
|servicenumber= 922{{London Gazette|issue=35415|page=223|date=9 January 1942|supp=y}}
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
|current position=
|commands=Rangoon Brigade
56th (London) Infantry Division
|unit=Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
|battles=First World War
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
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Major-General Percy Ryan Conway Commings {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (1880–1958) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Commings was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 7 May 1898.{{London Gazette|issue=26967|page=3050|date=17 May 1898}} He saw action during the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.{{London Gazette|issue=29438|page=572|date=14 January 1916|supp=y}} He went on to become commander of the Rangoon Brigade in June 1931 and General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division in June 1934 before retiring in June 1938.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=17 June 2020}}
He was colonel of the South Staffordshire Regiment from 1935 to 1946.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/038SStaf.htm |title=South Staffordshire Regiment |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=21 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228134003/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/038SStaf.htm |archivedate=28 December 2005 }}
Family
He married Emily Maude Frederica Wilson; they had a son and two daughters.{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/1AirbDiv_officersC.htm|title=John Conway Commings|publisher=Unit Histories|accessdate=17 June 2020}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=Winston Dugan}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order