Allegiance United Kingdom Rank General Role Politician | Service/branch British Army Name Richard Worsley Education Winchester College | |
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Born 29 May 1923 ( 1923-05-29 ) Commands held Royal Dragoons
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Division
1 (British) Corps Battles/wars World War II
Malayan Emergency Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire Died August 8, 1805, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom Books The history of the Isle of Wight Parents Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet, Elizabeth Boyle Worsley | ||
Richard Worsley.
General Sir Richard Edward Worsley (29 May 1923 – 23 February 2013) was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1980s.
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Military career
Educated at Radley College, Worsley was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1942.
He served in World War II in the Middle East and in Italy and then in the Malayan Emergency in 1948. He became an Instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst later in 1948 and then became Commanding Officer of the Royal Dragoons in 1962.
He was appointed Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1965 and Chief of Staff Far East Land Forces in 1969. He became General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1972 and Commander 1st (British) Corps in 1976. His final appointment was as Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1979; he retired in 1982.
He lived at Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire and died on 23 February 2013.
Family
In 1958 he married Sarah Mitchell and they went on to have one son (Henry) and one daughter (Charlotte); then in 1980 he married Caroline, Duchess of Fife.