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General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC (15 December 1896 – 5 June 1969) was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First World War and Second World War. During the Second World War he commanded XIII Corps for the invasions of Sicily and Italy and later the British Second Army during the Battle of Normandy and throughout the rest of the campaign in North-western Europe. Dempsey was a career infantryman who made his reputation in active service.

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  • General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC (15 December 1896 – 5 June 1969) was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First World War and Second World War. During the Second World War he commanded XIII Corps for the invasions of Sicily and Italy and later the British Second Army during the Battle of Normandy and throughout the rest of the campaign in North-western Europe. Dempsey was a career infantryman who made his reputation in active service.
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  • 5th Infantry Brigade
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  • British Second Army
  • Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
  • (11 Feb 1938 – 19 Nov 1939)
  • (12 Dec 1942 – 24 Jan 1944)
  • (15 Jun 1941 – 28 Oct 1941)
  • (1946–1947)
  • (20 Nov 1939 – 18 Jul 1940)
  • (26 Jan 1944 – 8 Aug 1945)
  • (30 Jan 1934 – 23 Feb 1936)
  • (9 Aug 1945 – 1945)
  • 13th Infantry Brigade
  • 1st Battalion,
  • 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
  • 42nd Armoured Division
  • 46th Infantry Division
  • British Fourteenth Army
  • Commander in Chief,
  • Middle East Land Forces
  • Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia (1945–1946)
  • (29 Oct 1941 – 11 Dec 1942) (redesignated on 1 Nov 1941 as
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