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| roberts, george philip bradley | |
| 1997 deaths | |
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Roberts is considered to be possibly the best British armoured commander in the Second World War and achieved the distinction of being promoted from captain at the start of the war, to major general by the end. At 37 he was also the youngest British major general, and commanded the famous 11th Armoured Division 'the Black Bull' in North West Europe in 1944-45. Roberts was born in Quetta , India in 1906 and was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst . He was commissed to the Royal Tank Corps in 1926. He was posted to Egypt with the Royal Tanks Corps from 1928-31. Roberts was an instructor at the Tank Driving and Maintenance School at Bovington , Dorset from 1933-37. He was again posted to Egypt from 1938-39. Roberts commanded the " Desert Rats " immediately after the war's end until their disbandment in January 1948. He then became Director of the Royal Armoured Corps and retired from the Army in September 1949. His book ''From the Desert to the Baltic'' is an account of all his wartime battles. REFERENCES
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