Edward Quinan Military person
General Sir Edward Pellew Quinan KCB, KCIE, DSO, OBE (9 January 1885 – 13 November 1960) was a British army commander during the Second World War. In the early part of his career, he was involved in Indian Army campaigns in Afghanistan and Waziristan on the North West Frontier of the Indian Empire, in the days of the British Raj. During the First World War he served with the Indian Army forces in France and Mesopotamia, and was wounded. During the Second World War, Quinan commanded the British and Indian Army forces in the Anglo-Iraqi War, the Syria-Lebanon campaign, and the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. He continued serving in the Middle East until 1943, when he returned to India to command the North West Army, but retired later in 1943, due to a downgrading of his fitness status.
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| award | |
|---|---|
| military operations | |
| military command | *10th Army (1942–1943) *3rd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment (1930–1932) *9th (Jhansi) Brigade (1934–1938) *Iraqforce (1941–1942) *North Western Army (1943) *Western Independent District (Baluchistan and Sind) (1938–1941) |
| service start | 1905 |
| service end | 1943 |