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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Worsley was [[Officer (armed forces)\|commissioned]] into the 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1934<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34087\|page=5840\|date=14 September 1934}}</ref> and served on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]] in India from 1935.<ref name=lh>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml\|title= Worsley, Sir John (Francis) Worsley\|publisher= Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100220/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml\|accessdate=9 June 2020\|archive-date= 24 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Worsley was [[Officer (armed forces)\|commissioned]] into the 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1934<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=34087\|page=5840\|date=14 September 1934}}</ref> and served on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]] in India from 1935.<ref name=lh>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml\|title= Worsley, Sir John (Francis) Worsley\|publisher= Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100220/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml\|accessdate=9 June 2020\|archive-date= 24 September 2012}}</ref>

	He served in [[World War II]] and fought at the [[Battle of Keren]] in Eritrea in 1941.<ref name=lh/>		He served in [[World War II]] and fought at the [[Battle of Keren]] in Eritrea in 1941.<ref name=lh/>

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{{Short description|British Army general (1912–1987)}}
{{other people|John Worsley|John Worsley (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir John Worsley
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| birth_date = 8 July 1912
| death_date = 1987 (aged 74−75)
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| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears = 1934−1968
| rank = [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]]
| unit = [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] [[South Lancashire Regiment]]
| commands = 2nd Battalion, [[1st Punjab Regiment]] 1st Bn [[South Lancashire Regiment]] [[6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|6th Infantry Brigade Group]] [[48th (South Midland) Division|48th (South Midland) Division/District]] [[Staff College, Camberley]] [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]]
| battles = [[World War II]]
| awards = [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Military Cross]]
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[[Lieutenant General (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir John Francis Worsley''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE|CB|MC}} (1912 – 1987) was [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]].

==Military career==
Worsley was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1934<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34087|page=5840|date=14 September 1934}}</ref> and served on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] in India from 1935.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml|title= Worsley, Sir John (Francis) Worsley|publisher= Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100220/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml|accessdate=9 June 2020|archive-date= 24 September 2022}}</ref>

He served in [[World War II]] and fought at the [[Battle of Keren]] in Eritrea in 1941.<ref name=lh/>

After the War he became [[Commanding Officer]] of 2 Bn [[1st Punjab Regiment]] and then transferred to the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] at [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]] in 1947.<ref name=lh/> He became a [[General Staff Officer]] at the [[War Office]] in 1949 and then at Headquarters 1st Infantry Division at [[Middle East Land Forces]] in 1952.<ref name=lh/> He was made [[Commanding Officer]] of 1st Bn [[South Lancashire Regiment]] serving in the [[Suez Canal Zone]] in 1953 and then Secretary of the Joint Planning Staff at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] in 1956.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed [[Commander]] of [[6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|6th Infantry Brigade Group]] in 1957 and [[General Officer Commanding]] [[48th (South Midland) Division|48th (South Midland) Division/District]] of the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] in 1961.<ref name=lh/> He was made [[Commandant]] of the [[Staff College, Camberley]] in 1963 and [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] in 1966; he retired in 1968.<ref name=lh/>

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[[Category:York and Lancaster Regiment officers]]
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