Roy Urquhart
✓ Source-basedstableBritish military officer (1901-1988)
United KingdomLived 1901 to 1988 · aged 87Fame53.1
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Major-General Robert Elliot "Roy" Urquhart, was a British Army officer who saw service during the Second World War and Malayan Emergency.
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Major-General Roy Urquhart standing outside his headquarters during Operation Market Garden, September 1944
Group photograph of senior officers of the 1st Airborne Division, sometime in 1944. Sat in the centre of the front row is the division's GOC, Major-General Roy Urquhart.
Crown Prince Olav in battle-dress addressing the welcoming crowd on the quayside at Oslo following his journey home on a British destroyer, accompanied by Major-General R. E. Urquhart, GOC 1st Airborne Division.Awards 13
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Prince Louis of BattenbergAlso won King Edward VII Coronation Medal
Stanisław SosabowskiAlso won Bronze Lion
John FrostAlso won General Service Medal
Gunnar SønstebyAlso won Defence Medal
Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of WellingtonAlso won Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
Salahuddin of SelangorAlso won Queen Elizabeth II Coronation MedalAbout this person
Major-General Robert Elliot "Roy" Urquhart, was a British Army officer who saw service during the Second World War and Malayan Emergency. He became prominent for his role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Airborne Division, which fought with great distinction, although suffering very severe casualties, in the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
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Lived 1901 to 1988 · aged 87
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