Geoffrey Scoones
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| Geoffrey Scoones | |
|---|---|
| 1893 - 1975 | |
| Commands held | Indian IV Corps |
| Awards | KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC |
Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones, KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC, (1893 - 1975) was a general in the British Army during the Second World War .
Before the war, Scoones had commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. In 1940 he was appointed Deputy Director of Military Operations, India. The following year, he became Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, India, with the rank of Major-General.
In 1942, he briefly commanded the Indian 19th Infantry Division before being promoted to Lieutenant-General and appointed to command the Indian IV Corps. This Corps defended Imphal in Manipur, on the frontier between India and Japanese-held Burma. It also had responsibility for a large rear area, and a very large tract of unmapped and trackless jungle-covered frontier.
Scoones commanded the Corps through the gruelling Battle of Imphal. He was subsequently appointed to Central Command in India, an Army-level HQ which was nevertheless essentially a rear-area and administrative command.
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