Major-General

Major-General (United Kingdom)

Major general is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within the Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of major general...

 Robert Harley Wordsworth (1894–1984) was an officer in the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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From 1942, major-general Wordsworth commanded the 31st Indian Armoured Division. As part of the British 10th Army, his division was stationed in Persia in 1942. At that time, the British 10th Army was part Paiforce (formerly Iraqforce

Iraqforce

Iraqforce was a British and Commonwealth formation that came together in the Kingdom of Iraq. The formation fought in the Middle East during World War II.-Background:...

) under the Persia and Iraq Command.

Command history

• 1940–1941: Commanding Officer, 1st Indian Armoured Brigade
• 1941–1942: Commanding Officer, 251st Indian Armoured Brigade
• 1942: Acting General Officer Commanding, 31st Indian Armoured Division
• 1942–1944: General Officer Commanding, 31st Indian Armoured Division
• 1944: Major-General Armored Fighting Vehicles, India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  
• 1947: Retired