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Arthur Wilmot Wadeson Holworthy DSO, MC (12 December 1897 – 1983) was a senior
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who fought in both
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and
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Military career

Holworthy was commissioned as a
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on 16 June 1917 during
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and appointed to the 1st Battalion 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles on 29 June 1917. He was promoted to
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on 18 June 1918 he was awarded the
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for gallantry in
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in 1919.London Gazette 12 February 1920 Promoted to
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on 18 June 1921 he became an instructor at the Army School of Education on 10 June 1929 and then attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1933 to 1934. He became a company commander in the 1st Battalion,
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on 17 June 1936 and the Brigade Major for the Jullunder Brigade Area on 15 June 1936, being promoted to the substantive rank of
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on 1 July 1939 and Brevet
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on 1 January 1939. Holworthy served in
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as Assistant Commandant of the Junior Commanders School in India from 13 July 1940 to 28 November 1940 before becoming Commander of the Indian 10th Infantry Brigade in 1942 and Commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade in
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later that year.Generals.dk
/ref> Promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel on 18 June 1943 and acting
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on 15 June 1943, he became General Officer Commanding
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in Persia in 1943. Holworthy was promoted to war substantive
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and temporary major-general on 15 June 1944 and became General Officer Commanding Indian 4th Infantry Division in Italy that year. He retired as a colonel and was granted the honorary rank of major general on 15 April 1947.


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Iraqforce Iraqforce was a British and Commonwealth formation that came together in the Kingdom of Iraq. The formation fought in the Middle East during World War II. Background During World War I, the British Army defeated the Ottoman Army in the Middle Eas ...


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Generals of World War II
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