Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse KBE, CB, DSO (22 December 1887 – 14 January 1953) was a British Army officer. Beresford-Peirse was the...
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The Beresford, later Beresford-Peirse Baronetcy, of Bagnall in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created...
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RAF officer Sarah Peirse, New Zealand actress Beresford-Peirse baronets Noel Beresford-Peirse (1887–1953), British Army officer Peirce (disambiguation)...
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Richard O'Connor with the 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) and the 7th Armoured Division (Major-General Sir Michael O'Moore...
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the early fighting at Keren during February. When Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse, then commander of the 4th Indian Infantry Division, was promoted...
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Desert Force HQ was reactivated on 14 April, under Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse, to take command of British Commonwealth forces in the western desert...
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The Western Desert Force HQ took over under Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse, who had been recalled from East Africa. Apart from an armoured...
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1940) Major-General Philip Neame (Feb – Aug 1940) Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse (Aug 1940 – Apr 1941) Major-General Frank Messervy (Apr – Dec 1941)...
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aircraft. General Wavell, the XIII Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse and Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh the 7th Armoured Division...
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the reactivated HQ Western Desert Force, under Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse. The Australian 9th Division fell back to the port of Tobruk, and...
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background. Its first commander was Lieutenant General Noel Beresford-Peirse. On 9 June, Beresford-Peirse was appointed to command India's Southern Command...
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They had three children: Katharine Camilla Colvin, who married Noel Beresford-Peirse James Bazett Colvin John Alexander Colvin, born 9 July 1913 James...
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reserves there. The 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) concentrated on the Sanchil side of the gorge and the 5th Indian...
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Ivor Thomas, Noel Beresford-Peirse, Vyvyan Pope, Douglas Graham, Michael O'Moore Creagh, Daril Watson, Archibald Nye, Humfrey Gale and Noel Irwin, all of...
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redesignated XIII Corps New post GOC XIII Corps 1941 Succeeded by Noel Beresford-Peirse Preceded by Sir Henry Wilson GOC British Troops in Egypt February–April...
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artillery regiment. The 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) had two infantry brigades and some artillery, the 7th Armoured...
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students including Reade Godwin-Austen, Ivor Thomas, Douglas Graham, Noel Beresford-Peirse, Humfrey Gale, Archibald Nye and Willoughby Norrie, Daril Watson...
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rearmed and refuelled. Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Frank Messervy) 22nd...
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when it arrived. The 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) was transferred from Egypt in December. The British had an assortment...
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into Sudan and the 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) was to be transferred from Egypt to Sudan from the end of December...
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from Burma to India, east of Chittagong. He had a series of disputes with Noel Irwin, commander of Eastern Army and, as a result, Irwin (although an army...
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William Platt: November 1938-October 1941 Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse: October 1941-April 1942 Major-General Balfour Hutchison: May 1942-December...
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4th Indian Infantry Division February–August 1940 Succeeded by Noel Beresford-Peirse Preceded by George Giffard GOC British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan...
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Office 1941–1943 Succeeded by George Molesworth Preceded by Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse GOC-in-C, Southern Command, India 1945 – 1947 Succeeded by Post...
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Staff Committee April 2016 to May 2019. Lieutenant General Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse, General Officer Commanding, XIII Corps and later General Officer...
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General William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768—1854), Master-General of the Ordnance Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse (1887–1953), GOC...
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to be destroyed by the Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse) with the 4th Indian Division, 7th Armoured Division and the 22nd...
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taken over by a new HQ Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse). The 9th Australian Infantry Division fell back to the fortress...
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of the campaign.) 4th Indian Infantry Division – Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) – the Divisional...
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General Archibald Wavell Western Desert Force Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse 7th Armoured Division Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh 4th Armoured...
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