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	* [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] – 29 September 1922 – for valuable services rendered in connection with minor military operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, to be dated 1 September 1922<ref name="CBE">{{London Gazette\|issue=32751\|page=6893\| date=29 September 1922}}</ref>		* [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] – 29 September 1922 – for valuable services rendered in connection with minor military operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, to be dated 1 September 1922<ref name="CBE">{{London Gazette\|issue=32751\|page=6893\| date=29 September 1922}}</ref>
	* [[Distinguished Service Order]] – 12 September 1919 to date from 3 June 1919 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with military operations on the North West Frontier, India, in Persia and Trans-Caspasia"<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette\| issue=31547\| date=12 September 1919\| supp=y\|page=11458}}</ref> & [[Medal bar\|Bar]] – 17 June 1921 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with minor military operations within the Indian Empire or territories adjacent thereto"<ref name="DSO2">{{London Gazette\|issue=32361\|page=4888 \| date=17 June 1921\| supp=y}}</ref>		* [[Distinguished Service Order]] – 12 September 1919 to date from 3 June 1919 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with military operations on the North West Frontier, India, in Persia and Trans-Caspasia"<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette\| issue=31547\| date=12 September 1919\| supp=y\|page=11458}}</ref> & [[Medal bar\|Bar]] – 17 June 1921 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with minor military operations within the Indian Empire or territories adjacent thereto"<ref name="DSO2">{{London Gazette\|issue=32361\|page=4888 \| date=17 June 1921\| supp=y}}</ref>
	* [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] – 20 March 1928, for the visit of the King of Afghanistan<ref name="MVO">{{London Gazette\| issue=33368\|page=2017\| date=7 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		* [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] – 20 March 1928, for the visit of the King of Afghanistan<ref name="MVO">{{London Gazette\| issue=33368\|page=2017\| date=7 November 2012}}</ref>
	* [[Military Cross]] – 14 January 1916 to date from 1 January 1916 – New Years honours<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette\| issue=29438\|page=578\| supp=y\| date=11 January 1916}}</ref>		* [[Military Cross]] – 14 January 1916 to date from 1 January 1916 – New Years honours<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette\| issue=29438\|page=578\| supp=y\| date=11 January 1916}}</ref>
	* [[Mentioned in despatches]] – 1 January 1916<ref name="MID">{{London Gazette\| issue=29422\| date=31 December 1915 \|page=75\| supp=y}}</ref>		* [[Mentioned in despatches]] – 1 January 1916<ref name="MID">{{London Gazette\| issue=29422\| date=31 December 1915 \|page=75\| supp=y}}</ref>

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	* [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] – 29 September 1922 – for valuable services rendered in connection with minor military operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, to be dated 1 September 1922<ref name="CBE">{{London Gazette\|issue=32751\|page=6893\| date=29 September 1922}}</ref>		* [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] – 29 September 1922 – for valuable services rendered in connection with minor military operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, to be dated 1 September 1922<ref name="CBE">{{London Gazette\|issue=32751\|page=6893\| date=29 September 1922}}</ref>
	* [[Distinguished Service Order]] – 12 September 1919 to date from 3 June 1919 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with military operations on the North West Frontier, India, in Persia and Trans-Caspasia"<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette\| issue=31547\| date=12 September 1919\| supp=y\|page=11458}}</ref> & [[Medal bar\|Bar]] – 17 June 1921 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with minor military operations within the Indian Empire or territories adjacent thereto"<ref name="DSO2">{{London Gazette\|issue=32361\|page=4888 \| date=17 June 1921\| supp=y}}</ref>		* [[Distinguished Service Order]] – 12 September 1919 to date from 3 June 1919 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with military operations on the North West Frontier, India, in Persia and Trans-Caspasia"<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette\| issue=31547\| date=12 September 1919\| supp=y\|page=11458}}</ref> & [[Medal bar\|Bar]] – 17 June 1921 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with minor military operations within the Indian Empire or territories adjacent thereto"<ref name="DSO2">{{London Gazette\|issue=32361\|page=4888 \| date=17 June 1921\| supp=y}}</ref>
	* [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] – 20 March 1928, for the visit of the King of Afghanistan<ref name="MVO">{{London Gazette\| issue=33368\|page=2017\| date=7 November ~~2012~~}}</ref>		* [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] – 20 March 1928, for the visit of the King of Afghanistan<ref name="MVO">{{London Gazette\| issue=33368\|page=2017\| date=7 November 2022}}</ref>
	* [[Military Cross]] – 14 January 1916 to date from 1 January 1916 – New Years honours<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette\| issue=29438\|page=578\| supp=y\| date=11 January 1916}}</ref>		* [[Military Cross]] – 14 January 1916 to date from 1 January 1916 – New Years honours<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette\| issue=29438\|page=578\| supp=y\| date=11 January 1916}}</ref>
	* [[Mentioned in despatches]] – 1 January 1916<ref name="MID">{{London Gazette\| issue=29422\| date=31 December 1915 \|page=75\| supp=y}}</ref>		* [[Mentioned in despatches]] – 1 January 1916<ref name="MID">{{London Gazette\| issue=29422\| date=31 December 1915 \|page=75\| supp=y}}</ref>

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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Born in British India, Fraser was the son of Colonel James Fraser of the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] and Susan Alberta Graves of [[County Waterford]].<ref name="birth">''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947''</ref><ref>''Ireland, Census, 1901''</ref> His father died in 1899 and the family returned to Ireland, where he was educated in [[Dublin]]. He attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst\|Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and then joined the [[Indian Army]] in 1905.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FRASER7.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served with the [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers]] and [[16th The Queen's Lancers]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]] during the [[First World War]], taking part in the [[Great Retreat]] in August 1914, the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] in March 1915 and the [[Battle of Arras (1917)\|Battle of Arras]] in April 1917.<ref name=lh/>		Born in British India, Fraser was the son of Colonel James Fraser of the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] and Susan Alberta Graves of [[County Waterford]].<ref name="birth">''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947''</ref><ref>''Ireland, Census, 1901''</ref> His father died in 1899 and the family returned to Ireland, where he was educated in [[Dublin]]. He attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst\|Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and then joined the [[Indian Army]] in 1905.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FRASER7.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served with the [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers]] and [[16th The Queen's Lancers]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]] during the [[First World War]], taking part in the [[Great Retreat]] in August 1914, the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] in March 1915 and the [[Battle of Arras (1917)\|Battle of Arras]] in April 1917.<ref name=lh/>

	Fraser became Commanding Officer of the [[South Persia Rifles]] in 1919, Assistant Quartermaster General in 1920, and Inspector General of the South Persia Rifles later that year.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be military [[attaché]] in [[Kabul]] in 1922, military attaché in [[Teheran]] in 1924 and military Secretary to the [[List of Governors of Bengal\|Governor of Bengal]] in 1930.<ref name=lh/> He was made Commandant of [[12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] and Commander of the Jubbulpore Brigade in 1935, a General Staff Officer Grade 1 at Lahore District in 1936 and Commander of the [[5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade\|Mhow Brigade]] in 1937.<ref name=lh/>		Fraser became Commanding Officer of the [[South Persia Rifles]] in 1919, Assistant Quartermaster General in 1920, and Inspector General of the South Persia Rifles later that year.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be military [[attaché]] in [[Kabul]] in 1922, military attaché in [[Teheran]] in 1924 and military Secretary to the [[List of Governors of Bengal\|Governor of Bengal]] in 1930.<ref name=lh/> He was made Commandant of [[12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] and Commander of the Jubbulpore Brigade in 1935, a General Staff Officer Grade 1 at Lahore District in 1936 and Commander of the [[5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade\|Mhow Brigade]] in 1937.<ref name=lh/>
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	Fraser served in the [[Second World War]] and, having been promoted to [[major general]] on 26 December 1940 (with seniority from 21 April),<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=35105\|page=1509\| supp=y\| date=11 March 1941}}</ref> he became Commander of the [[10th Indian Infantry Division]] on 15 January 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=35127\| date=4 April 1941\|page=1971}}</ref>		Fraser served in the [[Second World War]] and, having been promoted to [[major general]] on 26 December 1940 (with seniority from 21 April),<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=35105\|page=1509\| supp=y\| date=11 March 1941}}</ref> he became Commander of the [[10th Indian Infantry Division]] on 15 January 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=35127\| date=4 April 1941\|page=1971}}</ref>

	During the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] in 1941, the ground forces from [[British Raj\|India]] that landed in [[Basra]] were initially part of an operation codenamed [[Operation Sabine]] and, as a result, the force itself was known as [[Iraqforce\|Sabine Force]]. Fraser, commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division, arrived in Basra on 18 April with his headquarters, one brigade of infantry and a regiment of artillery and assumed command of all ground forces in the [[Kingdom of Iraq]].<ref>Playfair, p. 179.</ref> The name [[Iraqforce]] replaced Sabine Force and,<ref>Lyman, p.19</ref> as force levels built up, Fraser was succeeded as commander of Iraqforce on 8 May by a more senior commander,[Lieutenant General [[Edward Quinan]].<ref>Playfair, p. 186.</ref> On 16 May, having fallen sick, Fraser was replaced as commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division by Major General [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim\|William Slim]].<ref>Kempton, p. 71</ref> Fraser retired on 1 June 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=35241\| date=8 August 1941\|page=4584}}</ref>		During the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] in 1941, the ground forces from [[British Raj\|India]] that landed in [[Basra]] were initially part of an operation codenamed [[Operation Sabine]] and, as a result, the force itself was known as [[Iraqforce\|Sabine Force]]. Fraser, commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division, arrived in Basra on 18 April with his headquarters, one brigade of infantry and a regiment of artillery and assumed command of all ground forces in the [[Kingdom of Iraq]].<ref>Playfair, p. 179.</ref> The name [[Iraqforce]] replaced Sabine Force and,<ref>Lyman, p. 19</ref> as force levels built up, Fraser was succeeded as commander of Iraqforce on 8 May by a more senior commander, Lieutenant General [[Edward Quinan]].<ref>Playfair, p. 186.</ref> On 16 May, having fallen sick, Fraser was replaced as commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division by Major General [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim\|William Slim]].<ref>Kempton, p. 71</ref> Fraser retired on 1 June 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=35241\| date=8 August 1941\|page=4584}}</ref>

	Fraser was then re-employed by the British Army in the rank of colonel from 18 December 1941 until November 1945 as the military attaché in Teheran; he was restored to the rank of major general on retiring once again.<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=37503\| date=15 March 1946\|page=1423\| supp=y}}</ref>		Fraser was then re-employed by the British Army in the rank of colonel from 18 December 1941 until November 1945 as the military attaché in Teheran; he was restored to the rank of major general on retiring once again.<ref>{{London Gazette\| issue=37503\| date=15 March 1946\|page=1423\| supp=y}}</ref>
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	==External references==		==External references==
	* {{cite web\|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Fraser/William_Archibald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html \|title=Generals of World War II \|accessdate=28 July 2007 \|last=Ammentorp\|first=Steen }}		* {{cite web\|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Fraser/William_Archibald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html \|title=Generals of World War II \|accessdate=28 July 2007 \|last=Ammentorp\|first=Steen }}
	* {{cite web\|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx \|title=Orders of Battle.com \|accessdate=28 July 2007 ~~\|last= \|first=~~}}		* {{cite web\|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx \|title=Orders of Battle.com \|accessdate=28 July 2007 }}
	* [http://www.generals.dk/general/Fraser/William_Archibald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html Portrait and Biography]		* [http://www.generals.dk/general/Fraser/William_Archibald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html Portrait and Biography]

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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''William Archibald Kenneth Fraser''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO1|MVO|MC}} (19 December 1886 – 9 February 1969) was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s.

==Military career==
Born in British India, Fraser was the son of Colonel James Fraser of the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] and Susan Alberta Graves of [[County Waterford]].<ref name="birth">''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947''</ref><ref>''Ireland, Census, 1901''</ref> His father died in 1899 and the family returned to Ireland, where he was educated in [[Dublin]]. He attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and then joined the [[Indian Army]] in 1905.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FRASER7.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served with the [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers]] and [[16th The Queen's Lancers]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] during the [[First World War]], taking part in the [[Great Retreat]] in August 1914, the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] in March 1915 and the [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Battle of Arras]] in April 1917.<ref name=lh/>

Fraser became Commanding Officer of the [[South Persia Rifles]] in 1919, Assistant Quartermaster General in 1920, and Inspector General of the South Persia Rifles later that year.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be military [[attaché]] in [[Kabul]] in 1922, military attaché in [[Teheran]] in 1924 and military Secretary to the [[List of Governors of Bengal|Governor of Bengal]] in 1930.<ref name=lh/> He was made Commandant of [[12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] and Commander of the Jubbulpore Brigade in 1935, a General Staff Officer Grade 1 at Lahore District in 1936 and Commander of the [[5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade|Mhow Brigade]] in 1937.<ref name=lh/>

Fraser served in the [[Second World War]] and, having been promoted to [[major general]] on 26 December 1940 (with seniority from 21 April),<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=35105|page=1509| supp=y| date=11 March 1941}}</ref> he became Commander of the [[10th Indian Infantry Division]] on 15 January 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=35127| date=4 April 1941|page=1971}}</ref>

During the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] in 1941, the ground forces from [[British Raj|India]] that landed in [[Basra]] were initially part of an operation codenamed [[Operation Sabine]] and, as a result, the force itself was known as [[Iraqforce|Sabine Force]]. Fraser, commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division, arrived in Basra on 18 April with his headquarters, one brigade of infantry and a regiment of artillery and assumed command of all ground forces in the [[Kingdom of Iraq]].<ref>Playfair, p. 179.</ref> The name [[Iraqforce]] replaced Sabine Force and,<ref>Lyman, p.19</ref> as force levels built up, Fraser was succeeded as commander of Iraqforce on 8 May by a more senior commander,[Lieutenant General [[Edward Quinan]].<ref>Playfair, p. 186.</ref> On 16 May, having fallen sick, Fraser was replaced as commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division by Major General [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|William Slim]].<ref>Kempton, p. 71</ref> Fraser retired on 1 June 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=35241| date=8 August 1941|page=4584}}</ref>

Fraser was then re-employed by the British Army in the rank of colonel from 18 December 1941 until November 1945 as the military attaché in Teheran; he was restored to the rank of major general on retiring once again.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=37503| date=15 March 1946|page=1423| supp=y}}</ref>

==Honours and Decorations==
* [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] – 1 January 1941<ref name="CB">{{London Gazette|issue=35029|page=3 | date=1 January 1941| supp=y}}</ref>
* [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] – 29 September 1922 – for valuable services rendered in connection with minor military operations undertaken by the South Persia Rifles, to be dated 1 September 1922<ref name="CBE">{{London Gazette|issue=32751|page=6893| date=29 September 1922}}</ref>
* [[Distinguished Service Order]] – 12 September 1919 to date from 3 June 1919 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with military operations on the North West Frontier, India, in Persia and Trans-Caspasia"<ref name="DSO">{{London Gazette| issue=31547| date=12 September 1919| supp=y|page=11458}}</ref> & [[Medal bar|Bar]] – 17 June 1921 for "distinguished services rendered in connection with minor military operations within the Indian Empire or territories adjacent thereto"<ref name="DSO2">{{London Gazette|issue=32361|page=4888 | date=17 June 1921| supp=y}}</ref>
* [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] – 20 March 1928, for the visit of the King of Afghanistan<ref name="MVO">{{London Gazette| issue=33368|page=2017| date=7 November 2012}}</ref>
* [[Military Cross]] – 14 January 1916 to date from 1 January 1916 – New Years honours<ref name="MC">{{London Gazette| issue=29438|page=578| supp=y| date=11 January 1916}}</ref>
* [[Mentioned in despatches]] – 1 January 1916<ref name="MID">{{London Gazette| issue=29422| date=31 December 1915 |page=75| supp=y}}</ref>
* [[Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Croix de guerre]] (Belgium) – 14 May 1948<ref name="MCBelg">{{London Gazette| issue=38288| date=11 May 1948|page=2921| supp=y}}</ref>
* [[Order of Astaur]] and sash (Afghanistan) – 1928

==Personal life==
Fraser married in 1920 Cicely Annie Bill, widow of John Hugo Hepburn Bill of the Indian Civil Service (they had married in 1911 and he was killed by Kurds on 3 November 1919 while lieutenant colonel and Political Officer, Mosul, late resident at Bushire), daughter of Major Robert W. Bill and had one daughter, born 27 November 1923.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book| last=Kempton| first=Chris| title=Loyalty and Honour: the Indian Army: September 1939 – August 1947. Part I: Divisions| publisher=Military Press| location=Milton Keynes| year=2003| isbn=0-85420-228-5}}
* {{cite book| first=Robert|last=Lyman| series=Campaign| title=Iraq 1941: The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad| publisher=Osprey Publishing | location=Oxford, New York| year=2006 | isbn=1-84176-991-6}}
* {{cite book | first=Compton|last=Mackenzie |author-link=Compton Mackenzie| title=Eastern Epic| publisher=Chatto & Windus| location=London | year=1951 | oclc=1412578}}
* {{cite book|first1=Major-General I.S.O.| last1=Playfair| authorlink1=Ian Stanley Ord Playfair| last2=with Flynn| first2=Captain F.C. (R.N.)| last3=Molony| first3=Brigadier C.J.C.| last4=Toomer| first4=Air Vice-Marshal S.E.|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 Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume II: The Germans come to the help of their Ally (1941)| publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=Uckfield, UK |year=2004| origyear=1st. pub. [[HMSO]]:1956| isbn=1-84574-066-1| name-list-style=amp}}
* Indian Army List (various dates)
* {{cite book| last=Watson| first=Major-General W.A.| title=King George's Own Central India Horse}}

==External references==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Fraser/William_Archibald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html |title=Generals of World War II |accessdate=28 July 2007 |last=Ammentorp|first=Steen }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/OOBDefault.aspx |title=Orders of Battle.com |accessdate=28 July 2007 |last= |first=}}
* [http://www.generals.dk/general/Fraser/William_Archibald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html Portrait and Biography]

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