Robert Cassels
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Sir Robert Cassels
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| Born | 15 March 1876 Bombay, India |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Battle, Sussex |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1896 – 1941 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade 18th Indian Division Peshawar District Northern Command, India Commander-in-Chief, India |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, GCB GCSI DSO (15 March 1876–23 December 1959) was an Indian Army officer. He was the father of Field Marshal James Cassels.
Military career
Educated at Sedbergh School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cassels was commissioned into the Indian Staff Corps as a second lieutenant on 22 January 1896.[1] He received promotion to lieutenant on 22 April 1898,[2] to captain on 22 January 1905[3] and to major on 22 January 1914.[4]
He went on to serve in World War I, receiving rapid and successive promotion to temporary lieutenant-colonel on 19 January 1916,[5] brevet lieutenant-colonel on 3 June 1916,[6] brevet colonel in June 1917[6] and to temporary brigadier-general on 6 August 1917.[7][8][9] In November 1917 he was appointed Commander of 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade and took his brigade on a great turning movement up the left bank of the River Tigris, outflanking the Turks and helping to bring the Mesopotamian Campaign to an end.[10] Following the war, he briefly commanded the 18th Indian Division while it was stationed in the Middle East.[11]
Cassels was promoted to major-general on 1 January 1919[12] in the Cavalry in India when he was appointed Commander of Peshawar District.[9] He became Adjutant-General, India in 1928, and was promoted to lieutenant-general on 14 April (back-dated to 1 May 1927).[13][14] He was promoted to general on 15 October 1929[15] and appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command, India in 1930.[9] He was next made Commander-in-Chief, India and a Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General of India in 1935.[9] He continued in that post into World War II and retired in 1941.[9]
Honours
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath - 3 June 1933[16] (KCB - 3 June 1927;[17] CB - c.1918)
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India - 11 July 1940[18] (CSI - c.1919)
- Distinguished Service Order - c.1919
- Officer of the Legion of Honour - 7 June 1919[19]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26873. p. 3977. 16 July 1897. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26987. p. 4276. 15 July 1898. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27778. p. 2280. 24 March 1905. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28815. p. 2546. 24 March 1914. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29442. p. 739. 18 January 1916. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30179. p. 6976. 12 July 1917. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30271. p. 9249. 6 September 1917. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30538. p. 2340. 22 February 1918. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ India's Commander-in-Chief The Age, 8 April 1935
- ↑ Generals.dk
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31210. p. 2995. 3 March 1919. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33280. p. 3605. 25 May 1928. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33542. p. 6476. 11 October 1929. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33562. p. 8298. 20 December 1929. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33946. p. 3801. 3 June 1933. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33280. p. 3605. 3 June 1927. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34893. p. 4245. 11 July 1940. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31393. p. 7397. 7 June 1919. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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| Preceded by | Adjutant-General, India 1928–1930 |
Succeeded by Sir Norman MacMullen |
| Preceded by | GOC-in-C, Northern Command, India 1930 – 1934 |
Succeeded by Sir Kenneth Wigram |
| Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, India 1935–1941 |
Succeeded by Sir Claude Auchinleck |
