Died 2 August 1997 Rank Major-General Years of service 1925-1959 | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom Name John Churcher | |
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Commands held 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
159th Infantry Brigade
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
5th Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division | ||
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Major-General John Bryan Churcher, (1905 – 2 August 1997) was a senior British Army officer who, during World War II, commanded the 159th Infantry Brigade during the campaign in Northwest Europe and later commanded the 3rd Infantry Division.
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Rev john churcher the development of the known ce god
Military career
Churcher was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1925. He fought in World War II as Commanding Officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment and then as commander of the 159th Infantry Brigade, serving in North-West Europe as part of 11th Armoured Division. After the Second World War he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division. He was appointed GOC 5th Infantry Division in 1947 and Chief of Staff at Southern Command in 1951–in this capacity he organised the response to the devastating Lynmouth Flood in 1952. He went on to be GOC 3rd Infantry Division in 1954 and Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1957 before retiring in 1959.
He is buried at St Mary's Churchyard at Wargrave in Berkshire.