Maj.Gen.Sir George de la Poer Beresford , CB MC. King's College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975 Name BERESFORD, Sir George de la Poer (1885-1964), Major General Service biography Royal Military College Sandhurst; joined Indian Army 1906; Hodson's Horse 1907-1931; served France, World War I 1914-1918; Palestine 1918; Kurdistan 1919; North West Frontier, India 1919-1920; North West Frontier, India 1930-1931; Commanding Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry Field Force 1933-1934; 4 Secunderabad Cavalry Bde 1934-1938; Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India 1938; District Commander 1940; Iraq and Persia 1940-1943; retired 1942; re-employed 1942
|