| 词条 | Robert Arkwright |
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| name = Robert Arkwright | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1903 | death_date = 1971 | birth_place = | death_place = | nickname = | placeofburial = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1924–1951 | rank = Major General | unit = | commands = 23rd Armoured Brigade 2nd Infantry Division 56th (London) Armoured Division 7th Armoured Division | battles = World War II | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Bar | relations = | laterwork = }} Major General Robert Harry Bertram Arkwright {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSO}} & Bar (1903–1971) was a British Army officer who served in World War II and later commanded the 2nd Infantry Division. Military careerArkwright was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in 1924.[1] He served in World War II as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for 1st Armoured Division in France, as a General Staff Officer with 8th Armoured Division and as Brigadier responsible for Armoured Fighting Vehicles in the British Eighth Army before being made Commander of 23rd Armoured Brigade in 1943.[1] As Commander of the 23rd Armoured Brigade he took part in the Sicily landings, the Italy landings, both part of the Italian Campaign, and later the Civil War in Greece.[2] After the war he became General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division in 1946, Director of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1947 and General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Armoured Division in 1948.[1] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division from 1949 until his retirement in 1951.[1] He lived at Pen y Bryn Hall in Montgomery.[3] FamilyIn 1927 he married Kathleen Gladys Hanbury.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Cameron Nicholson}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division|years=1946–1947}}{{s-aft|after=Philip Balfour}}2. ^Major General Robert Harry Bertram Arkwright 3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gql3JbSYeG4C&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=Major-General+robert+Arkwright&source=bl&ots=TxyplJxlJ9&sig=-WgU2L1jbEAxEGh8D9duBQwTS4Q&hl=en&ei=KDRZTq3xHpKp8AOn14CQDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Major-General%20robert%20Arkwright&f=false A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 14, By Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, p.60] 4. ^Kemble Family |-{{s-bef|before=Vacant (next held by George Roberts)}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC 7th Armoured Division|years=1949–1951}}{{s-aft|after=Charles Jones}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Arkwright, Robert}} 7 : 1903 births|1971 deaths|British Army generals|12th Royal Lancers officers|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|British Army personnel of World War II |
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