Ouvry Lindfield Roberts

General

Sir Ouvry Roberts
Roberts greeting former Indian Army prisoners of war in Malaya, 1945.
Born(1898-04-03)3 April 1898
Bogawantalawa, British Ceylon
Died16 March 1986(1986-03-16) (aged 87)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1917–1955
RankGeneral
Service number10009
UnitRoyal Engineers
CommandsSouthern Command (1949–52)
Northern Ireland District (1948–49)
XXXIV Indian Corps (1945)
23rd Indian Infantry Division (1943–45)
16th Infantry Brigade (1942)
20th Indian Infantry Brigade (1941)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Third Anglo-Afghan War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches

General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, GCB, KBE, DSO (3 April 1898 – 16 March 1986) was a senior officer of the British Army and the British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars.