Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, (September 7, 1895 - January 4, 1985) was a British military officer. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of British XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The XXX Corps was an infantry corps in the British Army. ... Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ...

Horrocks was born the son of an Indian army officer and, like many sons of officers, received his education in a boarding school in England. When World War I broke out he enlisted as an officer and was posted to France. Horrocks was wounded and captured at the Battle of Ypres and spent the next four years as a prisoner of war. The Indian Army in the time of the British Raj (1857–1947) See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post-partition) army of the Republic of India. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... There were four Battles of Ypres during World War I: First Battle of Ypres ( October 19 – November 22, 1914) Second Battle of Ypres ( April 22 – May 15, 1915) Third Battle of Ypres ( July 31 – November 6, 1917) (also known as Passchendaele) Fourth Battle of Ypres ( September 28 – October 2, 1918... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

After the war Horrocks was posted to Russia as part of the British mission during the Russian Revolution. Horrocks was again captured by the Red Army and spent the next ten months as a prisoner, narrowly surviving a severe case of typhus. Horrocks spent the remainder of the inter-war years in a variety of postings. The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to three specific events in the history of Imperial Russia. ... Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... This is about the disease Typhus. ...

When war broke out Horrocks was again sent to France and commanded a Battalion during the retreat to Dunkirk as part of the 3rd Division under Montgomery. The British 3rd Infantry Division was part of the ill_fated British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk early in World War II. It was the first British division to land at Sword beach on D-Day. ... Bernard Law Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (November 17, 1887 - March 24, 1976) was a British military officer during World War II often referred to as Monty. ...

In 1942 Horrocks was given command of the 9th Armoured Division and was sent to North Africa as part of the Eighth Army, where he again served under Montgomery. He served as XIII Corps commander during the Second Battle of Alamein. The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations in World War II, fighting in the campaigns in North Africa and Italy. ... The Battle of Alamein, or more correctly the Second Battle of El Alamein, marked a significant turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II and was the first major victory by an Allied force over the Wehrmacht. ...

Horrocks was injured during an air raid in North Africa and spent the next 14 months recovering. On his return to service Montgomery requested him to take commmand of the British XXX Corps during the battle around the Falaise gap. During Operation Market Garden Horrocks narrowly failed to reach Arnhem to relieve the British 1st Airborne Division. The XXX Corps was an infantry corps in the British Army. ... During World War II, the Falaise pocket (also known as the Chambois pocket, Chambois-Montcormel pocket, Falaise-Chambois pocket) was the area between the four cities of Trun-Argentan-Vimoutiers-Chambois near Falaise, France, in which United States 12th Army Group encircled and destroyed the German Seventh Army. ... Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ... The British 1st Airborne Division was a military unit that fought in World War II. It suffered terrible casualties, especially in Operation Market Garden. ...

XXX Corps were ordered to advance as part of Operation Veritable, during which the German Army was forced back over the Rhine. XXX Corps fought through Germany and eventually captured Bremen, exposing the Sandbostel concentration camp. For other uses, see Bremen (disambiguation). ... List of many of subcamps of Neuengamme concentration camp complex (among over 90). ...

After the war Horrocks continued to serve in the Army until 1949 when he was invalided out. After this he served as Black Rod, wrote his memoirs and was a director. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, generally shortened to just Black Rod, is an official of a figure in the parliaments of a number of Commonwealth countries. ...

Horrocks is remembered as one of the most dependable British Generals of the Second World War and was well regarded by soldiers under his command and by his superiors.

References

• Churchill's Generals, Edited by John Keegan. ISBN 0349113173
• A Full Life, by Sir Brian Horrocks. ISBN 0850521440