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Lieutenant-General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, GCB
Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
, KBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
, DSO
Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
 (born 3 April 1898; died 1986) was an officer in the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 and the British Indian Army
British Indian Army

The Indian Army was the principal army of the British Raj in India during the last half-century before the Partition of India of India in 1947....
 during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War
Anglo-Iraqi War

The Anglo-Iraqi War was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the nationalist government of Iraq during World War II. The conflict lasted from 2 May to 31 May 1941....
, Roberts commanded the ground forces defending RAF Habbaniya
RAF Habbaniya

Royal Air Force Station Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya, was a Royal Air Force RAF station at Habbaniyah, about west of Baghdad in modern day Iraq, on the banks of the Euphrates near Lake Habbaniyah....
 for which he was awarded the DSO.








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Lieutenant-General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, GCB
Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
, KBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
, DSO
Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
 (born 3 April 1898; died 1986) was an officer in the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 and the British Indian Army
British Indian Army

The Indian Army was the principal army of the British Raj in India during the last half-century before the Partition of India of India in 1947....
 during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

During the Anglo-Iraqi War
Anglo-Iraqi War

The Anglo-Iraqi War was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the nationalist government of Iraq during World War II. The conflict lasted from 2 May to 31 May 1941....
, Roberts commanded the ground forces defending RAF Habbaniya
RAF Habbaniya

Royal Air Force Station Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya, was a Royal Air Force RAF station at Habbaniyah, about west of Baghdad in modern day Iraq, on the banks of the Euphrates near Lake Habbaniyah....
 for which he was awarded the DSO.

Command history

  • Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, India - 1939 to 1941
  • General Staff Officer 1, Indian 10th Infantry Division
    Indian 10th Infantry Division

    The Indian 10th Infantry Division was a war formed Indian division during the Second World War. In four years, the division traveled over from Tehran to Trieste, fought three little wars, and fought two great campaigns: Anglo-Iraqi War, Syria-Lebanon campaign, Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, North African campaign, and Italian Campaign ....
    , Iraq - 1941
  • Commanding Officer, Indian 20th Infantry Brigade, Iraq - 1941
  • Commanding Officer, 16th Infantry Brigade, Ceylon - 1942
  • Brigadier General Staff Indian IV Corps
    Indian IV Corps

    The Indian IV Corps has a long history. The Corps HQ was originally a United Kingdom formation, created during World War I. During World War II when Imperial Japan entered the war and India was threatened with attack, it was transferred to India....
     - 1943
  • General Officer Commanding, Indian 23rd Infantry Division, Burma - 1943 to 1945
  • General Officer Commanding Indian XXXIV Corps
    Indian XXXIV Corps

    The Indian XXXIV Corps was formed towards the end of World War II to be part of the British Fourteenth Army in Operation Zipper, the invasion of British Malaya....
    , Malaya - 1945
  • Deputy Adjutant-General, War Office - 1945 to 1947
  • General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland - 1948 to 1949
  • General Officer Commander in Chief, Southern Command - 1949 to 1952
  • Quartermaster-General, War Office - 1952 to 1955
  • Aide-de-Camp, General to the Queen - 1952 to 1955
  • Retired - 1955


See also

  • Anglo-Iraqi War
    Anglo-Iraqi War

    The Anglo-Iraqi War was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the nationalist government of Iraq during World War II. The conflict lasted from 2 May to 31 May 1941....
  • Burma Campaign
    Burma Campaign

    The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II of World War II was fought primarily between Commonwealth of Nations, China and United States forces against the forces of the Empire of Japan, Thailand, the Burmese Independence Army and the Indian National Army....


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