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	[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir (Francis Robert) Roy Bucher''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KBE\|CB\|MC}} (31 August 1895 – 5 January 1980)<ref>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Bucher/Sir_Francis_Robert_Roy/Great_Britain.html Generals – Biography]</ref> was a British soldier who became the second [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Indian Army]] and the final non-Indian to hold the top post of the [[Indian Army]] after Partition.		[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir (Francis Robert) Roy Bucher''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|KBE\|CB\|MC}} (31 August 1895 – 5 January 1980)<ref>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Bucher/Sir_Francis_Robert_Roy/Great_Britain.html Generals – Biography]</ref> was a British soldier who became the second [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)\|Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Indian Army]] and the final non-Indian to hold the top post of the [[Indian Army]] after Partition.

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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir (Francis Robert) Roy Bucher''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|CB|MC}} (31 August 1895 – 5 January 1980)<ref>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Bucher/Sir_Francis_Robert_Roy/Great_Britain.html Generals – Biography]</ref> was a British soldier who became the second [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Indian Army]] and the final non-Indian to hold the top post of the [[Indian Army]] after Partition.

==Military career==
Educated at the [[Edinburgh Academy]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060214024333/http://www.edinburghacademy.org.uk/seniorprospectus/alumni.htm Edinburgh Academy Prospectus]</ref> and was commissioned from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as a Second Lieutenant into the Unattached List for the Indian Army, 15 August 1914.<ref>London Gazette 14 August 1914</ref> He was attached to the 4th Battalion [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]] in the UK from 25 August 1914 to 30 April 1915, when he joined 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in France. He remained there until 8 November 1915, when he transferred to the [[55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)|55th Cokes Rifles]] in India.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BUCHER.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> Confirmed as a [[second lieutenant]] in the Indian Army on 5 September 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29328|page=10169|date=15 October 1915}}</ref> he was promoted to lieutenant on 15 November 1916 (back-dated to 1 September 1915 on 17 August 1917).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29928|page=1177|date=2 February 1917}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30236|page=8459|date=17 August 1917}}</ref>

He transferred to the [[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] in 1916,<ref name=lh/> and was promoted to acting captain on 23 May 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30384|page=11854|date=16 November 1917}}</ref> again receiving the rank from 16 October 1917, and was promoted to the substantive rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 15 August 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31174|page=2164|date=11 February 1919}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31196|page=2623|date=21 February 1919}}</ref>

After the War he served in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Waziristan]], for which he was awarded a Military Cross (MC) on 1 January 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32001|supp=y|page=8053|date=3 August 1920}}</ref> and then went to the [[Staff College, Camberley]] in 1926.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed a General Staff Officer 3rd Grade from 7 July 1929 to 15 June 1931 then Deputy Assistant Adjutant General from 16 June 1931 to 6 April 1933 for the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] District in India.<ref name="ReferenceA">Half Yearly Army List January 1946 p.59</ref> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 15 August 1932,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33866|page=6025|date=23 September 1932}}</ref> and [[Brevet (military)|brevetted]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 1 July 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34414|page=4251|date=2 July 1937}}</ref>

Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 November 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34799|page=1104|date=23 February 1940}}</ref> Bucher served in [[World War II]], initially as [[Commandant]] of [[12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)|Sam Browne's Cavalry]], then Assistant Commandant, Indian Cavalry Training Centre 1 March 1940 to 31 August 1940<ref>July 1940 Indian Army List</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/> then Commandant Indian Cavalry Training Centre 1 September 1940 to 23 January 1941.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General at [[India Command|GHQ India]] from 24 January 1941 to 23 June 1941.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He was made Assistant Quartermaster General in [[Iraq]] later that year and was put in charge of Administration at [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] in India on 21 March 1942, with the acting rank of major-general.<ref name=lh/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35594|page=2603|date=12 June 1942}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] on 21 July 1942 (with seniority from 1 July 1940), and advanced to temporary major-general on 21 March 1943.<ref name=lh/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35945|supp=y|page=1301|date=19 March 1943}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36255|page=5090|date=19 November 1943}}</ref> Appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in the [[1945 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36866|supp=y|page=4|date=1 January 1945}}</ref> Bucher was promoted to the substantive rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] on 6 April 1945 (with seniority from 5 June 1944).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37082|supp=y|page=2559|date=18 May 1945}}</ref>

After the War he was appointed [[General Officer Commanding]] [[Bengal]] and [[Assam]] Area in India.<ref name=lh/> Promoted to acting [[lieutenant-general]] on 4 August 1946,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37789|page=5626|date=15 November 1946}}</ref> he became [[General Officer Commanding]]-in-Chief of Eastern Command in India and in 1948 he was made the [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army]].<ref name=lh/> Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division (KBE) in the [[1948 Birthday Honours|1948 King's Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38311|page=3370|date=10 June 1948}}</ref> he retired on 9 October 1949 with the honorary rank of general and was promoted to major-general on the reserve list on 26 September 1950, retaining the honorary rank of general.<ref name=lh/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38762|supp=y|page=5459|date=18 November 1949}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39024|supp=y|page=4792|date=26 September 1950}}</ref>

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