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Urquhart, John Whitehead	(09?).1921 Islington district, Greater London -	2nd Lt. 15.01.1944 [304465] WS/Lt. 15.07.1944 T/Capt. 01.03.1945	15.01.1944 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 30.03.1944 - 02.04.1946 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Urquhart, Robert Elliot "Roy" Eldest son of Alexander Urquhart, MD. Mmarried 1939, Pamela Condon; one son, three daughters. Interview at IWM (1) Interview at IWM (2) Photographs at IWM	28.11.1901 Shepperton, Middlesex - 13.12.1988 Port of Menteith, Perthshire	2nd Lt. 24.12.1920 [17550] Lt. 24.12.1922 Capt. 26.03.1929 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 28.12.1940-27.03.1941 T/Lt.Col. 28.03.1941-18.11.1943 WS/Lt.Col. 19.11.1943 A/Col. 19.05.1943-18.11.1943 T/Col. 19.11.1943-09.01.1945 WS/Col. 10.01.1945 A/Brig. 19.05.1943-18.11.1943 T/Brig. 19.11.1943-09.01.1945 A/Maj.Gen. 10.01.1944-09.01.1945 T/Maj.Gen. 10.01.1945 Maj.Gen. 17.11.1947, seniority 20.01.1946 (retd 20.12.1955) CB 10.10.1944 Arnhem 09.44 DSO 23.09.1943 ? DSO 14.10.1943 ? BL 31.07.1945 Arnhem 09.44 * StOlav 1945 ? * date of Dutch Royal Decree	Education: St Paul's, West Kensington; RMC Sandhurst 24.12.1920 commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry (1st Battalion (1921-1925), Depot (1925-1927), 1st Battalion (1927-1933)) 01.05.1933 - 20.01.1936 Adjutant, 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry 01.1936 - 12.1937 Staff College, Camberley (psc) 03.1938 - 10.1938 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry 16.10.1938 - 14.05.1939 Staff Captain, India 15.05.1939 - 15.10.1940 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), Army HQ, India 16.10.1940 - 27.12.1940 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), 3rd Division 28.12.1940 - 27.03.1941 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), 3rd Division 28.03.1941 - 03.1942 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 04.1942 - 18.05.1943 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 51st Highland Division (North Africa) 19.05.1943 - 30.09.1943 Commander, 231st (Malta) Infantry Brigade (Egypt, Sicily, Italy) [till 24.9.1943  Independent Brigade Group] 01.10.1943 - 09.12.1943 Brigadier General Staff, XII Corps 10.12.1943 - 31.08.1945 General Officer Commanding, 1st Airborne Division (UK, Arnhem, UK, Norway, UK) [from 21.5-24.8.1945 designated: HQ Norway Command] 01.11.1945 - 12.1946 Director, Territorial Army & Army Cadet Force, War Office 07.01.1947 - 09.12.1948 General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division (TA) 20.12.1948 - 02.1950 General Officer Commanding, Lowland District 03.1950 - 08.1950 General Officer Commanding, Malaya District & General Officer Commanding, 17th Ghurkha Division (Malaya) 08.1950 - 06.1952 General Officer Commanding, Malaya 23.07.1952 - 20.12.1955 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Troops Austria Colonel, Highland Light Infantry, 1954-58. Director, Davy and United Engineering Co. Ltd, 1957-70. Published: Arnhem (1958) Literature: John Baynes, Urquhart of Arnhem : the life of Major General RE Urquhart, CB, DSO (1993)

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