Roberts , Sir , Ouvry Lindfield , 1898-1986 , Knight , Lieutenant General

Born, 1898; educated, Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; King's College, Cambridge; commissioned, Royal Engineers, 1917; served in India from 1918, active service North West Frontier, India, 1918-1919; returned to UK, 1922; Staff College, Camberley, 1933-1934; returned to India, 1935; Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, India, 1939-1941; General Staff Officer 1, Indian 10 Infantry Division, Iraq, 1941; Commanding Officer, Indian 20 Infantry Brigade, Iraq, 1941; Commanding Officer, 16 Infantry Brigade, Ceylon, 1942; Brigadier General Staff Indian IV Corps on the Burma front, 1943; General Officer Commanding, Indian 23 Infantry Division, on the Burma front, 1943-1945; General Officer Commanding Indian 34 Corps, Malaya, 1945; returned to UK, end of 1945; Vice Adjutant-General, War Office, 1945-1947; General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland District, 1948-1949; General Officer Commander in Chief, Southern Command, 1949-1952; Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 1952-1955; Aide-de-Camp, General to the Queen, 1952-1955; retired, 1955; Colonel Commandant, Corps of the Royal Engineers, 1952-1962; Director, Grosvenor Laing (Canada); President, Grosvenor Laing, 1955-1960; admin officer, University of British Columbia, 1961-1968; died, 1986.