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    General Sir Douglas David Gracey, KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC & Bar (3 September 1894 – 5 June 1964) was a British Indian Army officer who fought in both the First...
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    became the first native commander-in-chief, succeeding General Sir Douglas Gracey. From 1953 to 1958, he served in the civilian government as Defence...
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    by Major-General Douglas Gracey. The division was formed at Bangalore in April, 1942. It was commanded by Major-General Douglas Gracey and at first it...
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    be fighting with each other in the war front.: 417  It was Lt-Gen. Douglas Gracey who reportedly disobeyed the direct orders from Muhammad Ali Jinnah...
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    the attack was launched, Messervy was away in London, leaving General Douglas Gracey, the Chief of General Staff, as the Acting Commander-in-Chief On his...
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  • Sir Douglas Gracey (1894–1964), British Indian Army officer James S. Gracey (1927-2020), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Yale Gracey (1910–1983)...
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    rendering humanitarian assistance to prisoners of war. Major-General Douglas Gracey was appointed to head the Commission and the 80th Brigade, commanded...
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    communists. Ali Khan's relation with General Sir Douglas Gracey deteriorated, prompting General Gracey to retire soon after the conflict. In January 1951...
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    isolated and surrounded. 20th Indian Infantry Division under Major-General Douglas Gracey occupied Tamu, 110 kilometres (68 mi) south-east of Imphal. The division...
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    and Douglas Gracey tried to exercise restraint on their respective governments. Bucher was apparently successful in doing so in India, but Gracey yielded...
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    He was known as being an excellent hockey player in college. Captain Douglas Gracey of the 1 Gorkha Regiment, who was also a hockey player, is said to have...
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    the British Indian Army. He was the most senior to succeed General Douglas Gracey as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, but unfortunately was...
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  • British government watered down the strength of the order, and General Douglas Gracey, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistani Army, defied it. Three brigades...
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    - headed by General Frank Messervy (later succeeded by General Sir Douglas Gracey) as its inaugural C-in-C. Nevertheless, the two forces were directed...
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    officer commanding of the 20th Indian Infantry Division, Major General Douglas Gracey. During the Japanese surrender, Manekshaw was appointed to supervise...
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    factions and French forces increasing, the British commander, General Sir Douglas Gracey, declared martial law. On 24 September, the Việt Minh leaders responded...
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    in Saigon on September 12, with their commander, MG Douglas Gracey, arriving the next day. Gracey's headquarters instructed him, on the 13th, to exercise...
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    advance, General Sir Douglas Gracey, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, advocated for military engagement. Douglas Gracey quoted:- An easy victory...
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    (Pakistan Army) that he was "attacking Himachal Pradesh." However, General Douglas Gracey, the C-in-C of the Pakistan Army, was bewildered by the extent of Pasha's...
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    commanded by British officers, and the commanding officer, General Sir Douglas Gracey, refused the order, stating that he would not move into what he considered...
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    British and Indian troops of the 20th Indian Division under Major General Douglas Gracey arrived at Saigon as part of Operation Masterdom. After the Japanese...
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    Indian Infantry Brigade, part of the 20th Indian Division (Major General Douglas Gracey, which joined XXXIII Corps in July), crossed the Chindwin River at Mawlaik...
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    at Sandhurst at the time included Richard O'Connor, Miles Dempsey, Douglas Gracey, Ronald Brittain and Eric Dorman-Smith. Dorman-Smith and Browning became...
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    Asia, 1941–1945. Penguin Books Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 0-674-01748-X. McManis, Douglas R. (1972). European impressions of the New England coast. 139–141. p. 134...
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    governor (Republic of China), above 16th parallel 13 September 1945 28 March 1946 Douglas Gracey Military governor (United Kingdom), below 16th parallel...
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  • Force alone. However, one of his subordinates at Imphal (Major-General Douglas Gracey, commanding Indian 20th Infantry Division) broke up his best battalion...
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    in the northern half of the colony while the British, under General Douglas Gracey, did the same in the south. The British facilitated the French restoration...
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  • Cecil Chaudhry Maj Gen Iftikhar Khan, most senior to succeed General Douglas Gracey as the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, but was...
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  • General Douglas Gracey, who took exception to Dewey's objections and declared Dewey persona non grata. Adhering to strict tradition, Gracey prohibited...
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  • Infantry Brigade (detached from 8th Indian Infantry Division) - Brigadier Douglas Gracey 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion (Prince of Wales Own Sikhs)...
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