Gregory, Edmund Bristol, born 04-07-1882 in Storm Lake, Iowa,
son of Frank Buckingham and Emily, born Hatch (Bristol) Gregory, graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York on 15-06-1904. He married Verna Ellsworth Green on 19-07-1911, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States. Edmund rejoined the 14th Infantry at Fort Lawton, Washington and was sent to the Philippines for his third tour with the 8th Infantry.
He attended the Army War College in 1937. He the served in the Office of Quartermaster General from June 1937 to 01-04-1940 when he was appointed as the Quartermaster General with the rank of Major General. On 14-04-1945 he was promoted to Lieutenant General, the first Quartermaster Officer to attain this rank. As Quartermaster General during World War II, General Gregory was responsible for the development, procurement, distribution of billions of dollars worth of equipment and supplies. He supervised the training of thousands of Quartermaster soldiers and controlled more than 90,000 military and civilian personnel. Over 900,000 personnel were employed by contractors under his supervision. General Gregory made the following pledge to the individual combat soldiers that the Quartermaster Corps supported, “Let me make this simple promise to the American people. The Quartermaster Corps will never fail you boys! We will deliver the goods. Wherever they go, to whatever point American fighting men penetrate, Quartermasters will be by their side to “Keep ’em Rolling to Victory!”.


Death and burial ground of Gregory, Edmund Bristol.











