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Lieutenant General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was an officer of the British Army. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War. He also served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War, was a prisoner of war twice, and competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

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rdfs:comment	Lieutenant General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was an officer of the British Army. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War. He also served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War, was a prisoner of war twice, and competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics.
foaf:name	Horrocks, Brian Sir Brian Horrocks
foaf:nick	Jorrocks
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dc:description	British general
allegiance	United Kingdom
award	dbpedia:Croix_de_guerre_(Belgium) dbpedia:Distinguished_Service_Order dbpedia:Mentioned_in_dispatches dbpedia:Military_Cross dbpedia:Order_of_George_I dbpedia:Croix_de_guerre_1939–1945_(France) dbpedia:Legion_of_Honour dbpedia:Legion_of_Merit dbpedia:Order_of_Orange-Nassau dbpedia:Order_of_the_Bath dbpedia:Order_of_the_British_Empire dbpedia:Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)
battle	Battle of France Operation Veritable (Battle of the Reichswald)/Operation Blockbuster Irish War of Independence Falaise Pocket Battle of Alam el Halfa World War II Operation Market Garden Russian Civil War Second Battle of El Alamein Operation Clipper dbpedia:World_War_I dbpedia:Mareth_Line
birth date	1895-09-07(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	India Ranikhet
birth year	1895-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1985-01-04(xsd:dateTime)
death place	City of Chichester West Sussex
death year	1985-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military branch	British Army
military command	IX Corps XIII Corps X Corps 11th Infantry Brigade British Army of the Rhine XXX Corps 44th (Home Counties) Division 9th Armoured Division
occupation	dbpedia:Black_Rod
service start year	1913-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/British_Generals_1939-1945_E16462.jpg?width=300
is commander of	Operation Veritable (Battle of the Reichswald)/Operation Blockbuster Operation Blockbuster Operation Market Garden Operation Clipper
is notable commander of	IX Corps XXX Corps 44th (Home Counties) Division 9th Infantry Brigade X Corps
is relation of	Horrocks, William

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