General Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (born July 22, 1896, died 1974) was a British Army officer in both World War I and World War II. Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and other formerly Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... Military Cross The Military Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army, and formerly also to officers of the armies of other Commonwealth countries, for distinguished and meritorious services in battle. ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...

WWI and WWII

Robertson went to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and subsequently served in World War I with the Royal Engineers in France and Italy. After the war he served with the Bengal Sappers and Miners from 1920-25 and took part in the Waziristan expedition. After further training, he joined the War Office of Military Intelligence. He retired from the military in 1934 and became the Managing Director of Dunlop South Africa Ltd in 1935. With the outbreak of World War II he re-entered military service in 1940 and served in East and North Africa, and Italy until the end of the war. The Royal Military Academy was founded in 1741 in Woolwich, south-east London. ... Woolwich is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... Flag of Waziristan Waziristan is a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering some 11,585 km² (4,473 mi²). It comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi river to the north and the Gomal river to the south, forming part of Pakistans... Military intelligence (abbreviated MI, int. ... People whose family name is or was Dunlop include James Dunlop (1793-1848), Scottish-Australian astronomer John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor and founder of the Dunlop rubber company John Thomas Dunlop, United States administrator Sir Edward Weary Dunlop, Australian war hero Douglas Morton Dunlop, Scottish-American professor of history and... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...

Post WWII in Germany

After the war he served first as Deputy Military Governor in the Allied Control Council in Germany from 1945 to 1948, when he was named Military Governor and C.-in-C. for the British Occupation Zone ,and in 1949 he served for one year as the United Kingdom High Commissioner. Image:Smalbldg. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The four occupation zones The Allied powers who defeated Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder River into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during the period 1945-1949. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Middle East

In 1950 Robertson became Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces until, in 1953, he retired from military service for the second time. He acted as the Chairman of the British Transport Commission from 1953 to 1969. The British Transport Commission was created by Clement Attlees post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in the UK. Its first chairman was Lord Hurcomb. ...

Honours

• Commander, Legion of Merit (U.S.A.)
• Commander, Legion of Honour (France)

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References

• Brief Biography