General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget GCB, DSO, MC (15 September 1887 – 16 February 1961) was a British officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was born in Oxford and educated at Shrewsbury School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1905 to 1907. Bernard Paget was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in November 1907 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1910.

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  • General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget GCB, DSO, MC (15 September 1887 – 16 February 1961) was a British officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was born in Oxford and educated at Shrewsbury School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1905 to 1907. Bernard Paget was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in November 1907 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1910. On the outbreak of the First World War he was appointed adjutant of the new 5th (Service) Battalion with which he went to France in May 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in November 1915 and the Distinguished Service Order in January 1918. He was four times mentioned in dispatches. He was promoted to major in 1924 and brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1925. He was promoted to colonel in 1929 and became Commander of the depot at Cowley Barracks, Oxford in 1930. He was Chief Instructor at the Staff College, at Quetta, India, between 1932 and 1934. Paget commanded the 4th Quetta Infantry Brigade between 1934 and 1936. He was promoted to major-general in December 1937 and was Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley between 1938 and 1939. In November 1939 Paget took over command of the 18th Infantry Division for the first two years of the war. He commanded British forces in the withdrawal at Åndalsnes in Norway in 1940 during the Norwegian campaign. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1941 and knighted at the end of the year. He went on to be GOC of GHQ Home Forces in December 1941. He was promoted to general in July 1943. He commanded 21st Army Group prior to Bernard Montgomery taking over. In January 1944 he became Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command until October 1946, when he retired from the army. In December 1944 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the Polish government. ) He was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from October 1946 to September 1955 and Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1949 to 1957. He died in 1961 at his home in Petersfield, Hampshire.
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  • 26 December 1941
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  • 30 December 1941
  • 5 December 1944
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  • General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget GCB, DSO, MC (15 September 1887 – 16 February 1961) was a British officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was born in Oxford and educated at Shrewsbury School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1905 to 1907. Bernard Paget was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in November 1907 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1910.
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  • Bernard Paget
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