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{{Short description|British Army general (1912–1987)}} | {{Short description|British Army general (1912–1987)}} | ||
{{other people|John Worsley|John Worsley (disambiguation)}} | {{other people|John Worsley|John Worsley (disambiguation)}} | ||
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==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
Worsley was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1934<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34087|page=5840|date=14 September 1934}}</ref> and served on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] in India from 1935.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml|title= Worsley, Sir John (Francis) Worsley|publisher= Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100220/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml|accessdate=9 June 2020|archive-date= 24 September | Worsley was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the 3rd Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1934<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34087|page=5840|date=14 September 1934}}</ref> and served on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] in India from 1935.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml|title= Worsley, Sir John (Francis) Worsley|publisher= Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100220/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WORSLEY.shtml|accessdate=9 June 2020|archive-date= 24 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
He served in [[World War II]] and fought at the [[Battle of Keren]] in Eritrea in 1941.<ref name=lh/> | He served in [[World War II]] and fought at the [[Battle of Keren]] in Eritrea in 1941.<ref name=lh/> | ||