Nickname(s) Pip Name George Bradley Rank Major-General | Years of service 1926 – 1949 Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army | |
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Commands held 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (4 Jan 1942)
22nd Armoured Brigade Group & 22nd Armoured Brigade (23 Jul 1942 – 20 Jan 1943)
7th Armoured Division (acting, 20 Jan 1943 – 25 Jan 1943)
26th Armoured Brigade (13 Mar 1943 – 19 Jun 1943)
30th Armoured Brigade (20 Jul 1943 – 6 Dec 1943)
11th Armoured Division (6 Dec 1943 - 1946)
7th Armoured Division (1947 - 1948)
Hanover District, Germany (1948)
Director, Royal Armoured Corps (1948 - 1949) Battles/wars Second World War
North Africa
Normandy
Northern Europe Died 1997, East Sussex, United Kingdom Books From the Desert to the Baltic Education Marlborough College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Awards Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross Battles and wars World War II, North African Campaign | ||
Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts, (5 November 1906 – 5 November 1997), better known as "Pip", was a senior officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Second World War, in particular as commander of the 11th Armoured Division.
Military career
Roberts was born in Quetta, British India, in 1906 and was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps in 1926. He was posted to Egypt with the Royal Tanks Corps from 1928 to 1931.
Roberts was an instructor at the Tank Driving and Maintenance School at Bovington, Dorset, from 1933 to 1937. He was again posted to Egypt for 1938 and 1939. He commanded the 11th Armoured Division (the "Black Bull"), which fought in North West Europe, from 1944 to 1946. He unsuccessfully stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Wimbledon at the July 1945 general election.
Roberts commanded the 7th Armoured Division in 1947. 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.