Matt Abraham

Major-General Sutton Martin O’Heguerty Abraham CB MC (26 January 1919 – 15 May 2001) was a British military officer who served as Director of Combat Development at the Ministry of Defence.

Matt Abraham CB, MC
Born	26 January 1919
Died	15 May 2001 (aged 82)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1939–1973
Rank	Major-General
Battles / wars	Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross

Career

Abraham was born to Captain Edgar Abraham, of the Indian Civil Service, and Ruth Eostre Abraham. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in 1939.^[1] He won two MCs within a year during operations in the Western dessert in 1942.^[1] He personally destroyed a German anti-tank gun and then took the surrender of 63 German soldiers.^[2] He went on to be Director of Combat Development at the Ministry of Defence in 1968 and chief of the Joint Services Liaison Organisation in the British Army of the Rhine in 1971 before retiring in 1973.^[3]

He served as Colonel of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, 1977-1981.^[2][4]