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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Army general (1887–1971)}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name=Roderic Petre<br />
|birth_date= {{birth date|1887|11|28|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Indore]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1971|7|21|1887|11|28|df=yes}}<br />
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|nickname= <br />
|allegiance= [[United Kingdom]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1908–1944<br />
|servicenumber= 4150<br />
|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
|current position= <br />
|commands=2nd Battalion, [[Dorset Regiment]]<br />[[Senior Officers' School|Senior Officers' School, Sheerness]]<br />[[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]]<br />[[48th (South Midland) Division|48th (South Midland) Infantry Division]]<br />
|unit=[[South Wales Borderers]]<br />[[Dorset Regiment|Dorsetshire Regiment]]<br />
|battles=[[World War I|First World War]]<br />[[World War II|Second World War]]<br />
|awards=[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br />[[Military Cross]]<br />
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Roderic Loraine Petre''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|DSO|MC}} (28 November 1887{{spaced ndash}}21 July 1971) was a senior [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Born the son of [[Francis Loraine Petre]] and Maud Ellen Rawlinson, Petre attended [[Downside School]] near [[Midsomer Norton]] and [[Stratton-on-the-Fosse]],<ref>Francis Philip Whiteside. ''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901.'' Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901</ref> where he sang treble in the boys choir.<ref>St. Gregory's School (Downside, England). ''Downside Review''. 1902, vol. 22, p. 312.</ref> He served in the [[South Wales Borderers]] in the [[Gallipoli]] campaign of the [[World War I|First World War]],<ref>Army Medal Office.''WWI Medal Index Cards''. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914–1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] Operations Inc, 2008. Accessed 27 June 2010.</ref> and was awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29460 |supp=y |date=1 February 1916 |page=1337}}</ref> He was also appointed a companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for his service in [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30252 |supp=y |date=24 August 1917 |page=8854}}</ref><br />
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Petre became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion the [[Dorset Regiment]] in 1932.<ref name=generalsdk>{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Petre/Roderic_Loraine/Great_Britain.html|title=Petre, Roderic Loraine|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> He went on to be Commandant of the [[Senior Officers' School]] in May 1938 and General Officer Commanding [[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]] in France in October 1939 at the beginning of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name=generalsdk/> In April 1940 the division landed in [[France]] and in May 1940 he took command of 'Petreforce', a grouping of the 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division, the [[23rd (Northumbrian) Division]], and other nearby units formed to defend allied positions near [[Arras]]. In the fighting the "12th and 23rd Divisions ... had practically ceased to exist" as a result of the fighting that saw the "whole tract of country between the Scarpe and the Somme" fall into German hands.<ref>{{cite book|first=Lionel F.|last=Ellis|author-link=Lionel Ellis|editor-last=Butler|editor-first=J. R. M.|editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler|series=[[History of the Second World War]], United Kingdom Military Series|title=The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940|location=London|publisher=[[Her Majesty's Stationery Office]]|year=1954|oclc=1087882503|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/index.html|pages=65–81}}</ref><br />
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After being [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuated through Dunkirk]], Petre then became General Officer Commanding [[48th (South Midland) Division]] in June 1940 and initiated training to repel [[Operation Sea Lion]], the German invasion of England, which proved abortive, remaining in that role until October 1941.<ref name=generalsdk/> He retired in 1944.<ref name=generalsdk/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.generals.dk/general/Petre/Roderic_Loraine/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]<br />
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