Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was a British Army officer, chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War. He also served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War, was taken prisoner twice, and competed in the …

Lt-Gen. Brian G. Horrocks. 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment 11th Hussars 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 73rd Antitank Regiment, Royal Artillery 7th, 64th, and 84th Medium Regiments, Royal Artillery 27th Light AA Regiment, Royal Artillery.

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Contents move to sidebar hide Début 1 Synopsis 2 Résumé détaillé Afficher / masquer la sous-section Résumé détaillé 2.1 1 er jour 2.2 2 e jour: lundi 18 septembre 1944 2.3 3 e jour: mardi 19 septembre 1944 2.4 Derniers jours de l'opération: mercredi 20 septembre 1944 / lundi 25 septembre 1944 3 Analyse Afficher / masquer la sous-section Analyse 3.1 Du point de vue …

This is a list of people who have held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other British military force since the Acts of Union 1707.. See also Category:British generals – note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, despite being a NATO 1-star ...

Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks' 30 Corps would spearhead the ground exploitation, advancing from a bridgehead across the Meuse-Escaut Canal south of Eindhoven to the IJsselmeer River, over ninety miles to the north, in two to four days. Second Army's 8 and 12 Corps would ...

Airborne forces are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop or air assault.Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in airborne units are also known as paratroopers.. The main advantage of airborne forces is their ability to be deployed into combat zones without land passage, as long as the …

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (/ m ə n t ˈ ɡ ʌ m ər i ... ˈ æ l ə m eɪ n /; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War. Montgomery first saw action in the First World War …

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Army line infantry order of precedence.. In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, to form a single county …

The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division is a regular army division of the British Army.It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars.The division fought at the Battle of Waterloo, as well as during the …