Bobby Mathews (general): Difference between revisions

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The General Officer was commissioned on 16 December 1978 into 2 KUMAON (The Kumaon Regiment), one of the oldest and most decorated regiments of the Indian Army. He commanded his Battalion 2 KUMAON (BERAR)  in [[Counter-insurgency]] Operations in [[Manipur]]. He went on to command a Mountain [[Brigade]] and the Striking Lion Mountain Division in the Eastern Theatre, during which he was responsible for coordinating relief and reconstruction work during the [[2011 Sikkim earthquake]].  He was also the Sub Area Commander, [[Mumbai]] Region during the [[Mumbai Terror Attacks, November 2008|2008 Mumbai terror attacks]]. He took over as the [[General Officer Commanding]] of India's only Desert Corps [[XII Corps (India)|XII Corps]] in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/tag/lieutenant-general-bobby-mathews/|title=Lieutenant General Bobby Mathews|publisher=Indianexpress.com|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/11/27/urgent-indian-forces-assault-besieged-jewish-center-in-mumbai/|title=URGENT: Indian Forces Assault Besieged Jewish Center in Mumbai|work=Fox News|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>

[[Lt Gen]] Bobby Mathews has been an Instructor at the IMA, Dehradun, Infantry School, [[Mhow]], The Defence Services Staff College Wellington,  and Dy Comdt & Chief Instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]], [[Dehradun]]. He has also been BM of a Mtn Bde & Col GS of an Inf Division. The General Officer has also attended the Higher Command (Air) Course and the prestigious National Defence College Course, [[National Defence College (India)]] at [[New Delhi]]. Prior to taking over as the [[General Officer Commanding|GOC]] of the Konark Corps, he handled the critical appointment of Additional Director General Public Info (Media Advisor to COAS) in the Army Headquarters. The General took over as The Colonel of Kumaon & [[Naga Regiment|Naga Regiments]] & Kumaon Scouts on 1 May 2015. The General took over as Comdt OTA Chennai on 18 Oct 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=WeVBuYMnMXEX5m1Nz4e3lw==&ParentID=l2L6zEWCZBDmKW1uIX7/Gg==&flag=KXFkmXzbGQbHBb/Gcl4SrA==|title=Official Website of Indian Army|publisher=Indianarmy.gov.in|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> He retired from the Army on 28 February 2017.

Bobby Mathews is married to Lina Mathews. The couple had a son Rohit, who died in a car accident near Surat on 7 December 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Three-killed-as-car-collides-with-truck/articleshow/45409054.cms |title=Three killed as car collides with truck |date=December 8, 2014 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130605/dplus.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus|publisher=Tribuneindia.com|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> Rohit held a master's degree in Steel Technology from [[IIT Bombay]] and was working with Essar Steel, Hazira the time of his death. The couple are the parents of twins, a boy Rihaan & a girl Riyanna born 19 July 2016. {{citation needed|date=February 2017}}