Harold Rawdon Briggs Military person

Lieutenant General Sir Rawdon Briggs KCIE, KBE, CB, DSO & Two Bars (1894–1952) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars and the post-war era.Field Marshal Viscount William Slim said of him "I know of few commanders who made as many immediate and critical decisions on every step of the ladder of promotion, and I know of none who made so few mistakes".

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1894
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1952

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Order of the Indian Empire
Mentioned in dispatches
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Burma Campaign
East African Campaign (World War II)
Western Desert Campaign
Malayan Emergency
military branch
British Indian Army
military command
2nd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment (1937–40)
Burma Command (1946–48)
Indian 5th Infantry Division (1942–44)
Indian 7th Infantry Brigade (1940–42)
service start1915
service end1948

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