biography
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Horrocks, Sir Brian (Gwynne)
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| lived:
| (1895–1985)
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| biography:
| British general, born in Ranikhet, NE India. He trained at Sandhurst Military Academy, joined the army in 1914, and served in France and Russia. In 1942 he commanded the 9th Armoured Division and then the 13th and 10th Corps in N Africa, where he helped to defeat Rommel. Wounded at Tunis, he headed the 30th Corps during the Allied invasion (1944). He became well known as a military journalist and broadcaster after the war. |
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