Brian Hubert Robertson

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General Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (22 July 1896 - 1974) was a British Army officer in both World War I and World War II.

Contents 1 WWI and WWII 2 Post WWII in Germany 3 Middle East 4 Honours 5 References

[edit] WWI and WWII

Robertson went to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and subsequently served in World War I with the Royal Engineers in France and Italy. After the war he served with the Bengal Sappers and Miners from 1920 to 1925 and took part in the Waziristan expedition. After further training, he joined the War Office in Military Intelligence. He retired from the military in 1934 and became the Managing Director of Dunlop South Africa Ltd in 1935. With the outbreak of World War II he re-entered military service in 1940 and served in East and North Africa, and Italy until the end of the war.

[edit] Post WWII in Germany

After the war he served first as Deputy Military Governor in the Allied Control Council in Germany from 1945 to 1948, when he was named Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Occupation Zone, and in 1949 he served for one year as the United Kingdom High Commissioner.

[edit] Middle East

In 1950 Robertson became Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces until, in 1953, he retired from military service for the second time. From 1950 to 1953 he was also the Governor of the Suez Canal Zone. Upon return to the United Kingdom, he served as the Chairman of the British Transport Commission until 1969.

[edit] Honours

• Commander, Legion of Merit (U.S.A.)
• Commander, Legion of Honour (France)

[edit] References

• Brief Biography