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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Rivers Berney Worgan<br />
|birth_date=4 March 1881<br />
|birth_place= [[Arrah]], British India<br />
|death_date={{Death date and age|1934|02|06|1881|03|04|df=y}}<br />
|death_place= [[London]], England<br />
|image=<br />
|caption= <br />
|nickname= <br />
|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1900–1930<br />
|rank= [[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]]<br />
|branch= [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Indian Army]]<br />
|current position= <br />
|commands=<br />
|unit= [[9th Deccan Horse|20th Deccan Horse]], [[Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms]]<br />
|battles= [[Second Boer War]], [[World War I|First World War]], [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]], [[Waziristan campaign (1919–20)|Waziristan Campaign]]<br />
|awards= [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]], [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]<br />
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[[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] '''Rivers Berney Worgan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CSI|CVO|DSO}} (4 March 1881 – 6 February 1934) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer during the [[World War I|First World War]] and Military Secretary to the [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy of India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born in [[Arrah]] on 4 March 1881, Worgan was educated at [[Bedford School]] and at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He entered the [[British Army]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] on 21 February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27167|page=1173| date=20 February 1900}}</ref> and served during the [[Second Boer War]].<br />
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He transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] and joined [[9th Deccan Horse|20th Deccan Horse]] in 1905. He was appointed as [[Aide-de-camp]] to [[Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock]], [[List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras|Governor of Madras]], in 1907, and commanded the Bodyguard of the Governor of Madras, between 1910 and 1912. Under orders from [[Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael]], he raised and commanded the Bodyguard of the 1st [[List of Governors of Bengal|Governor of Bengal]], between 1912 and 1913.<br />
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He served during the [[World War I|First World War]], between 1914 and 1918, commanding the 9th Battalion, the [[Cheshire Regiment]] (1916–17), and the 173rd Brigade, [[58th (2/1st London) Division]], at the [[Second Battle of the Somme (1918)]]. Subsequently, he served during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] and the [[Waziristan campaign (1919–20)|Waziristan Campaign]], between 1919 and 1920.<br />
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He was Military Secretary to [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] during his tour of [[British Raj|India]], between 1920 and 1921, Military Secretary to the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]] during his tour of [[British Raj|India]], between 1921 and 1922, and Military Secretary to the [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy of India]], between 1923 and 1926. He was Commander of the Southern Brigade Area, between 1926 and 1930, retired from the [[British Indian Army]] in 1930, and was appointed as a Member of the [[Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms]] in 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U219488/WORGAN_Brig.-Gen._Rivers_Berney?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=WORGAN, Brig.-Gen. Rivers Berney}}</ref><br />
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[[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] Rivers Berney Worgan was invested as a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in 1917, as a Companion of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) in 1921, and as a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] (CSI) in 1922.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30011/page/3337/data.pdf {{Bare URL PDF |date=December 2021}}</ref><ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32270/page/2397/data.pdf {{Bare URL PDF |date=December 2021}}</ref><ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13826/page/1089/data.pdf {{Bare URL PDF |date=December 2021}}</ref> He died in [[London]] on 6 February 1934, aged 52.<ref>Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 7 February 1934, p. 17</ref><br />
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