Archibald Paris Military person
Brigadier Archibald Charles Melvill Paris DSO MC (1892–1942) was a British Army officer.He was the son of Major-General Archibald Paris, KCB a Royal Marines officer who commanded the 63rd (Royal Navy) Division during the First World War, and of Lady Paris (née Melvill).Paris passed out of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1909. He married Ruth Norton. He served in the First World War, and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in 1917.Although he is better known for having died during the events that followed the sinking of the Dutch ship Rooseboom off Sumatra in 1942, he was also one of the few British commanders that put up a good fight against the Japanese during the Battle of Malaya and the subsequent fall of Singapore.
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| Birth date | January 01, 1892 |
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| Date of death | January 01, 1942 |
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| military command | 11th Indian Infantry Division 12th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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