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A Soldier and a Gentleman: Brigadier General Sir Bertram Portal, 1866-1949

By Richard Waldram
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By Richard Waldram
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Bertram Portal was born into a wealthy family, famous for their mill at Laverstoke in North Hampshire which made banknote paper for the Bank of England.

The youngest of three sons, he was destined for an army career. Graduating from Sandhurst in 1885, he joined the 17th Lancers Cavalry Regiment at Lucknow in India. He was awarded a D.S.O. in the Boer War, which paved the way to promotion, and he commanded his regiment in Edinburgh and India until 1907.

Portal then left the army and lived as a...

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