LORD Bramall, the UK’s once highest-ranking soldier and a long-time Crondall resident, will face ‘no further action’ after being questioned by police investigating claims of historical child abuse.

The Eton-educated field marshal and baron, 92, was interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan Police last April as part of an investigation into an alleged paedophile ring involving MPs and other establishment figures dating back 30 years.

However, in a statement released last Friday, Scotland Yard confirmed there was not enough evidence to bring a prosecution.

The statement said: “Officers working on Operation Midland have informed a man in his 90s from Farnham who was interviewed under caution on April 30, 2015 that he will face no further action.

“Following a thorough investigation officers have concluded there is insufficient evidence to request the Crown Prosecution Service to consider charging the man. Operation Midland will continue to investigate allegations of historic child sexual abuse.”

Lord Bramall, who always denied any allegations of child abuse made against him and was never arrested, has subsequently called for a police investigation into the man who made the accusations.

He told The Sun newspaper: “The police have rather grudgingly said they are not pursuing the case. Well, we all knew that they couldn’t, because there was nothing to pursue.

“They have spent most of the time justifying their actions and then saying right at the end: ‘We can’t find evidence and do this.’ I was hoping for rather more than that. I don’t know if I will get an apology.

“But I’m going see my lawyer on Monday and talk about whether we’ll go back to the police and say: ‘Can’t you do a bit better than that?’”

Lord Bramall enjoyed a distinguished military career, commanding a platoon in the D-Day landings and receiving the Military Cross in 1945.

He later commanded UK land forces between 1976 and 1978 and was eventually appointed Chief of the General Staff - the professional head of the Army - in July 1979.

In this role he oversaw the Falklands campaign in 1982 and later that year became Chief of the Defence Staff - the most senior officer commanding the UK’s armed forces - retiring in November 1985.

After his retirement, Lord Bramall served as Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London from 1986 to 1998 and was created a life peer as Baron Bramall, of Bushfield in the County of Hampshire in 1987.

He retired from service in the House of Lords in 2013 but retains his peerage.