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{{Short description|British Indian Army officer during World War I and World War II}} | |||
{{for|the New Zealand politician|Reg Savory}} | {{for|the New Zealand politician|Reg Savory}} | ||
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|birth_date= 26 July 1894 | |birth_date= 26 July 1894 | ||
|death_date= 14 June 1980 (aged 85) | |death_date= 14 June 1980 (aged 85) | ||
|birth_place= | |birth_place= [[London]], England<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJHHDwAAQBAJ&dq=General+reginald+savory+1894&pg=PT164 | title=Captured Memories, 1900–1918: Across the Threshold of War | isbn=9781844686247 | last1=Liddle | first1=Peter | date=23 February 2011 }}</ref> | ||
|death_place= Farnham, Surrey | |death_place= [[Farnham]], [[Surrey]], England | ||
|image= Sir Reginald Arthur Savory.jpg | |image= Sir Reginald Arthur Savory.jpg | ||
|caption= Lieutenant General Savory in 1948. | |caption= Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Savory in 1948. | ||
|nickname= Reg | |nickname="Reg"<br>"Reggie" | ||
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} | |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} | ||
|branch=[[British Indian Army]] | |branch=[[British Indian Army]] | ||
|serviceyears=1914–1948 | |serviceyears=1914–1948 | ||
|servicenumber=152412 | |||
|rank= [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] | |rank= [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] | ||
|commands=1st Battalion [[11th Sikh Regiment]] (1937–39)<br>[[11th Indian Infantry Brigade]] (1940–1941)<br>[[23rd Infantry Division (India)|23rd Indian Division]] (1942–1943) | |commands=1st Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] (1937–39)<br>[[11th Indian Infantry Brigade]] (1940–1941)<br>[[23rd Infantry Division (India)|23rd Indian Division]] (1942–1943) | ||
|unit= | |unit= [[11th Sikh Regiment]] | ||
|battles=[[World War I]]<br>[[ | |battles=[[World War I]]<br>[[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War|Russian Civil War]]<br>[[World War II]] | ||
|awards=[[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (31 December 1946)<br>[[Order of the Bath|CB]] (January 1944<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=36309| date=31 December 1943|page=4| supp=y}}</ref>)<br>[[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1941)<br>[[Military Cross|MC]] (2 June 1916)<br>[[mention in despatches|MID]] (December 1941,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=35396| date=26 December 1941|page=7353| supp=y}}</ref> December 1943<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=36287| date=14 December 1943|page=5476| supp=y}}</ref>) | |awards=[[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (31 December 1946)<br>[[Order of the Bath|CB]] (January 1944<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=36309| date=31 December 1943|page=4| supp=y}}</ref>)<br>[[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1941)<br>[[Military Cross|MC]] (2 June 1916)<br>[[mention in despatches|MID]] (December 1941,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=35396| date=26 December 1941|page=7353| supp=y}}</ref> December 1943<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=36287| date=14 December 1943|page=5476| supp=y}}</ref>) | ||
|laterwork=Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset (12 June 1952)<br>Commissioner Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund}} | |laterwork=Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset (12 June 1952)<br>Commissioner Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund | ||
}} | |||
[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sir Reginald Arthur Savory''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCIE|CB|DSO|MC}} ( | [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sir Reginald Arthur Savory''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCIE|CB|DSO|MC}} (26 July 1894 − 14 June 1980) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer who served during both [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
Educated at [[Uppingham School]], he then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Savory was commissioned onto the Unattached List of the [[Indian Army]] and posted to the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs|14th Sikhs]] in 1914.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/SAVORY.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served in [[World War I]] initially in [[Egypt]] and then took part in the [[Gallipoli | Educated at [[Uppingham School]], he then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Savory was commissioned onto the Unattached List of the [[Indian Army]] and posted to the [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs|14th Sikhs]] in 1914.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/SAVORY.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served in [[World War I]] initially in [[Egypt]] and then took part in the [[Gallipoli campaign]] and then the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name=lh/> Promoted to [[lieutenant]] on 14 April 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29651|page=6615|date=4 July 1916}}</ref> he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in June 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29608|supp=y|page=5577|date=2 June 1916}}</ref> | ||
After the War Savory became Staff Captain with the British Military Mission to [[Vladivostok]] during the [[Russian Civil War]].<ref name=lh/> | After the War Savory became Staff Captain with the British Military Mission to [[Vladivostok]] during the [[Russian Civil War]].<ref name=lh/> He attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]] from 1927 to 1928.{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=280}} | ||
He went on to be an instructor at the Army School of Education in India in 1925 and an instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]] in 1932 and was appointed commanding officer of 1st Battalion [[11th Sikh Regiment]] in 1937<ref name=lh/> (with promotion to [[lieutenant | He went on to be an instructor at the Army School of Education in India in 1925 and an instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]] in 1932 and was appointed commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] in 1937<ref name=lh/> (with promotion to [[lieutenant colonel]] on 6 December 1937).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34479|page=738|date=4 February 1938}}</ref> | ||
Savory initially served in [[World War II]] as Assistant Quartermaster-General for [[5th Infantry Division (India)|5th Indian Division]] from 1939 (with promotion to [[colonel]] on 21 September 1939).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34832|supp=y|page=2301|date=16 April 1940}}</ref> He went on to be Commander of [[11th Indian Infantry Brigade]] which was deployed in the [[Western Desert (North Africa)|Western Desert]] on various operations including [[Operation Compass]] from 1940 (with promotion to the temporary rank of [[brigadier]] on 2 April 1940).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34880|supp=y|page=3847|date=21 June 1940}}</ref> In early 1941 Savory took his brigade, part of [[4th Infantry Division (India)|4th Indian Infantry Division]], to Sudan and fought in the [[East African | Savory initially served in [[World War II]] as Assistant Quartermaster-General for [[5th Infantry Division (India)|5th Indian Division]] from 1939 (with promotion to [[colonel]] on 21 September 1939).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34832|supp=y|page=2301|date=16 April 1940}}</ref> He went on to be Commander of [[11th Indian Infantry Brigade]] which was deployed in the [[Western Desert (North Africa)|Western Desert]] on various operations including [[Operation Compass]] from 1940 (with promotion to the temporary rank of [[brigadier]] on 2 April 1940).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34880|supp=y|page=3847|date=21 June 1940}}</ref> In early 1941 Savory took his brigade, part of [[4th Infantry Division (India)|4th Indian Infantry Division]], to Sudan and fought in the [[East African campaign (World War II)|East African campaign]]. After the [[Battle of Keren]] the brigade returned to the campaign in the Western Desert, taking part in [[Operation Battleaxe]]. Savory relinquished command of the brigade in September 1941 to serve as General Officer Commanding [[Eritrea]] in the acting rank of major-general.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=35740| date=9 October 1942|page=4431| supp=y}}</ref> In January 1942 he was given command of [[23rd Infantry Division (India)|23rd Indian Division]] in [[Burma]] and in 1943 was appointed as Director of Infantry for India (with permanent promotion to [[major-general]] on 24 October 1943).<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=36293| supp=y|page=5525|date=17 December 1943}}</ref> In 1945 he became General Officer Commanding [[Iraq]].<ref name=dk>{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Savory/Sir_Reginald_Arthur/Great_Britain.html |title=Generals of World War II |accessdate=1 August 2007 |last=Ammentorp|first=Steen }}</ref> | ||
After the War Savory became [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjutant-General, India]] (with promotion to acting [[lieutenant-general]] on 15 March 1946),<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37579|supp=y|page=2517|date=24 May 1946}}</ref> and was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] on 1 January 1947,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37835|supp=y|page=6|date=31 December 1946}}</ref> before retiring in May 1948.<ref name=lh/><ref>{{London Gazette| issue=38321| date=11 June 1948|page=3470}}</ref> After retirement, but when he was still on the Reserve List, his acting rank of lieutenant-general was in November 1949 made substantive with seniority backdated to September 1947.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=38757| date=11 November 1949|page=5354| supp=y}}</ref> | After the War Savory became [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjutant-General, India]] (with promotion to acting [[lieutenant-general]] on 15 March 1946),<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37579|supp=y|page=2517|date=24 May 1946}}</ref> and was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] on 1 January 1947,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37835|supp=y|page=6|date=31 December 1946}}</ref> before retiring in May 1948.<ref name=lh/><ref>{{London Gazette| issue=38321| date=11 June 1948|page=3470}}</ref> After retirement, but when he was still on the Reserve List, his acting rank of lieutenant-general was in November 1949 made substantive with seniority backdated to September 1947.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=38757| date=11 November 1949|page=5354| supp=y}}</ref> | ||
Savory was also colonel of the [[Sikh Light Infantry]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37524|page=1752|date=5 April 1946}}</ref> In retirement he wrote the book ''His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany During the Seven Years' War'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966).<ref name=lh/> | Savory was also colonel of the [[Sikh Light Infantry]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37524|page=1752|date=5 April 1946}}</ref> In retirement he wrote the book ''His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany During the Seven Years' War'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966).<ref name=lh/> He was also a [[deputy lieutenant]] of [[Somerset]] and was a [[justice of the peace]].{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=280}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|30em}} | {{reflist|30em}} | ||
== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* {{cite book | first=Compton|last=Mackenzie |author-link=Compton Mackenzie| title=Eastern Epic| publisher=Chatto & Windus, London | year=1951 | pages=623 pages}} | *{{cite book | first=Compton|last=Mackenzie |author-link=Compton Mackenzie| title=Eastern Epic| publisher=Chatto & Windus, London | year=1951 | pages=623 pages}} | ||
* {{cite | *{{Cite book| first=Richard| last=Mead| title=Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II| year=2007| publisher=Spellmount| location=Stroud (UK)| isbn=978-1-86227-431-0}} | ||
*{{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}} | |||
==External links== | |||
*[https://generals.dk/general/Savory/Reginald_Arthur/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II] | |||
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Reginald Arthur Savory | |
|---|---|
 Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Savory in 1948. | |
| Nickname(s) | "Reg" "Reggie" |
| Born | 26 July 1894 London, England[1] |
| Died | 14 June 1980 (aged 85) Farnham, Surrey, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1948 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 152412 |
| Unit | 11th Sikh Regiment |
| Commands held | 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment (1937–39) 11th Indian Infantry Brigade (1940–1941) 23rd Indian Division (1942–1943) |
| Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War World War II |
| Awards | KCIE (31 December 1946) CB (January 1944[2]) DSO (1941) MC (2 June 1916) MID (December 1941,[3] December 1943[4]) |
| Other work | Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset (12 June 1952) Commissioner Indian Military Service Family Pension Fund |
Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Arthur Savory KCIE CB DSO MC (26 July 1894 − 14 June 1980) was a British Indian Army officer who served during both World War I and World War II.
Military career[edit | edit source]
Educated at Uppingham School, he then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Savory was commissioned onto the Unattached List of the Indian Army and posted to the 14th Sikhs in 1914.[5] He served in World War I initially in Egypt and then took part in the Gallipoli campaign and then the Mesopotamian campaign.[5] Promoted to lieutenant on 14 April 1916,[6] he was awarded the Military Cross in June 1916.[7]
After the War Savory became Staff Captain with the British Military Mission to Vladivostok during the Russian Civil War.[5] He attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1927 to 1928.[8]
He went on to be an instructor at the Army School of Education in India in 1925 and an instructor at the Indian Military Academy in 1932 and was appointed commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment in 1937[5] (with promotion to lieutenant colonel on 6 December 1937).[9]
Savory initially served in World War II as Assistant Quartermaster-General for 5th Indian Division from 1939 (with promotion to colonel on 21 September 1939).[10] He went on to be Commander of 11th Indian Infantry Brigade which was deployed in the Western Desert on various operations including Operation Compass from 1940 (with promotion to the temporary rank of brigadier on 2 April 1940).[11] In early 1941 Savory took his brigade, part of 4th Indian Infantry Division, to Sudan and fought in the East African campaign. After the Battle of Keren the brigade returned to the campaign in the Western Desert, taking part in Operation Battleaxe. Savory relinquished command of the brigade in September 1941 to serve as General Officer Commanding Eritrea in the acting rank of major-general.[12] In January 1942 he was given command of 23rd Indian Division in Burma and in 1943 was appointed as Director of Infantry for India (with permanent promotion to major-general on 24 October 1943).[13] In 1945 he became General Officer Commanding Iraq.[14]
After the War Savory became Adjutant-General, India (with promotion to acting lieutenant-general on 15 March 1946),[15] and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on 1 January 1947,[16] before retiring in May 1948.[5][17] After retirement, but when he was still on the Reserve List, his acting rank of lieutenant-general was in November 1949 made substantive with seniority backdated to September 1947.[18]
Savory was also colonel of the Sikh Light Infantry.[19] In retirement he wrote the book His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany During the Seven Years' War (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966).[5] He was also a deputy lieutenant of Somerset and was a justice of the peace.[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Liddle, Peter (23 February 2011). Captured Memories, 1900–1918: Across the Threshold of War. ISBN 9781844686247.
- ↑ "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 4.
- ↑ "No. 35396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 December 1941. p. 7353.
- ↑ "No. 36287". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 December 1943. p. 5476.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ "No. 29651". The London Gazette. 4 July 1916. p. 6615.
- ↑ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5577.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Smart 2005, p. 280.
- ↑ "No. 34479". The London Gazette. 4 February 1938. p. 738.
- ↑ "No. 34832". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 April 1940. p. 2301.
- ↑ "No. 34880". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 June 1940. p. 3847.
- ↑ "No. 35740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1942. p. 4431.
- ↑ "No. 36293". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1943. p. 5525.
- ↑ Ammentorp, Steen. "Generals of World War II". Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ↑ "No. 37579". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 May 1946. p. 2517.
- ↑ "No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 6.
- ↑ "No. 38321". The London Gazette. 11 June 1948. p. 3470.
- ↑ "No. 38757". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 November 1949. p. 5354.
- ↑ "No. 37524". The London Gazette. 5 April 1946. p. 1752.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Mackenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. Chatto & Windus, London. pp. 623 pages.
- Mead, Richard (2007). Churchill's Lions: a biographical guide to the key British generals of World War II. Stroud (UK): Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-431-0.
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
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| Preceded by Sir Ralph Deedes |
Adjutant-General, India 1946–1947 |
Succeeded by Post disbanded |