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Sir Francis Poitiers Nosworthy, (21 September 1887 – 9 July 1971) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of

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during the

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Military career

Educated at

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and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Nosworthy was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1907.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> He took part in the Abor and Mishmi expedition to India in 1912 and served in the

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as a General Staff Officer in France. After taking part in the

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in 1919, he attended the

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from 1919 to 1920, and was appointed second-in-command of the Sudan Defence Force in 1926, followed by attendance at the

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in 1931, he commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1935 and became Deputy Chief of the General Staff at Army Headquarters in India in 1938. Nosworthy served in the

becoming General Officer Commanding (GOC) IV Corps from May 1940, receiving a promotion to lieutenant-general. After the Norwegian campaign ended, the corps commanded most of the armoured reserves preparing to face the proposed German invasion of Britain (

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), while the other corps headquarters that had been evacuated from Dunkirk in

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was reorganised. Under Nosworthy's command IV Corps was envisaged as a counter-attack force. He continued as GOC

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from 1942 and as Commander-in-Chief of

from 1943. He retired in February 1945.British Military History
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