Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin
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Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin (born 1892; died 1961) was an officer in the British Army before and during World War II.
As part of the British Expeditionary Force, Brigadier Berney-Ficklin commanded the 15th Brigade of the British 5th Infantry Division during the Battle of France.
From 1940, Major-General Berney-Ficklin commanded the British 5th Infantry Division. As part of the British 10th Army, his division was stationed in Persia in 1942. At that time, the British 10th Army was part Paiforce (formerly Iraqforce) under the Persia and Iraq Command.
Two brigades of the British 5th Infantry Division went to Madagascar to take part in Operation Ironclad (the Battle of Madagascar). Both brigades were pulled out of Madagascar during the late summer of 1942 for re-fitting in India. After India, Berney-Ficklin went with the British 5th Infantry Division when it was transferred to the British 8th Army. Under the 8th Army, the division took part in operations during the invasion of Sicily and the invasion of southern Italy.
Berney-Ficklin ended the war commanding two diviosions of the Territorial Army.
[edit] Command history
- 1936 - 1939 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Highland Infantry, British Mandate of Palestine
- 1939 - 1940 Commanding Officer, 15th Brigade, France
- 1940 Commanding Officer, 15th Brigade
- 1940 - 1943 General Officer Commanding, British 5th Infantry Division, India, Middle East, and Sicily
- 1943 - 1944 General Officer Commanding, British 48th Territorial Division, England
- 1944 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, British 55th Territorial Division, England
