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General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, GCB, DSO, OBE (1885–1982) was a British Army officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He had an important influence on the conduct of the British army in World War II as a result of his long tenure as Adjutant General, responsible for the army's organisation and administration, as well as through being a close confidant of Alan Brooke, the professional head of the army from late 1941 until the end of the war. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, Adam was commissioned in 1903 from the Royal... MORE

General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, GCB, DSO, OBE (1885–1982) was a British Army officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He had an important influence on the conduct of the British army in World War II as a result of his long tenure as Adjutant General, responsible for the army's organisation and administration, as well as through being a close confidant of Alan Brooke, the professional head of the army from late 1941 until the end of the war. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, Adam was commissioned in 1903 from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich into the Royal Artillery. After a posting to India with the Royal Horse Artillery, he served in France, Belgium and Italy during World War I during which he attained the permanent rank of major (in November 1916) and was awarded the DSO, the OBE and was Mentioned in despatches three times. After the war he held a number of successively more senior staff postings at the War Office. He also spent a period as an instructor at the Army Staff College between 1932 and 1935 when the other instructors included Anderson, Gort, Montgomery, Neame, Paget and Thorne. He was appointed LESS