Dudley Russell

Sir Dudley Russell
A motorcycle despatch rider watches as the message he has brought to 8th Indian Division HQ is handed to the GOC, Major General Dudley Russell, by his ADC, Captain D. A. Sconce, early 1944.
Nickname(s)"Pasha"[1][a]
Born(1896-12-01)1 December 1896
Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Died4 February 1978(1978-02-04) (aged 81)
Nassau, Bahamas
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
 British Indian Army
Years of service1915–1954
RankLieutenant General
Service number8991
UnitQueen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
97th Deccan Infantry
19th Hyderabad Regiment
13th Frontier Force Rifles
Commands6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles
5th Indian Infantry Brigade
8th Indian Infantry Division
5th Indian Infantry Division
Delhi and East Punjab Command
Chief British Advisor to the Indian Army
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKBE(1950)[3]
CB (5 July 1945)[4]
CBE (31 August 1944)[5]
OBE (30 December 1941)[6]
DSO (9 July 1942)[7]
MC (8 March 1919)[8]
MID (24 June 1943)[9]
MID (19 July 1945)[10]
LM (Commander) (31 July 1945)[11]

Lieutenant General Sir Dudley Russell KBE, CB, DSO, MC (1 December 1896 – 4 February 1978) was a senior officer of both the British Army and the British Indian Army, and served during World War I and World War II, where he commanded the 8th Indian Infantry Division during the Italian Campaign from late 1943 until the end of the war in 1945.

  1. ^ Smart 2005, p. 278.
  2. ^ Mead 2007, p. 402.
  3. ^ "No. 38799". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1949. p. 39.
  4. ^ "No. 37161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1945. p. 3490.
  5. ^ "No. 36679". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 August 1944. p. 4043.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference OBEGaz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  10. ^ "No. 37184". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 July 1945. p. 3742.
  11. ^ "No. 37204". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 July 1945. p. 3962.


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