Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks

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British Army officer general officer human

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks was a prominent British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for his dynamic leadership of XXX Corps in major campaigns including the Normandy breakout and Operation Market Garden.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → general officer → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Companion of the Order of the Bath → Distinguished Service Order → Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath → Military Cross → Order of the British Empire →
causeOfNotability	senior British field commander in Northwest Europe in 1944–1945 →
conflict	First World War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
educatedAt	Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
era	20th century →
familyName	Horrocks →
fieldOfWork	military leadership →
givenName	Brian →
hasHonorificPrefix	Lieutenant-General → Sir →
hasRole	field commander → operational planner →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Lieutenant-General →
militaryUnit	XXX Corps → various British infantry and staff postings →
notableBattle	Battle of Normandy → Normandy breakout → North African campaign → Operation Market Garden →
notableCommanderOf	XXX Corps →
notableFor	dynamic leadership of XXX Corps → role in Operation Market Garden → role in the Normandy breakout →
notableWork	command in the North African campaign → command of XXX Corps during Operation Market Garden → command of XXX Corps during the Normandy breakout →
occupation	military officer →
partOf	British Eighth Army (as a corps commander in North Africa) →
positionHeld	commander of XXX Corps → corps commander → lieutenant-general →
serviceNumber	British Army officer service number (specific number not provided) →
sexOrGender	male →
strategicFocus	armoured and infantry corps operations →
theaterOfOperations	North Africa → Northwest Europe →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Alam el Halfa ("Brian Horrocks") → Operation Garden ("Brian Horrocks") → Operation Goodwood ("Brian Horrocks") → Operation Veritable →	commander
British X Corps → British XXX Corps → XIII Corps → XXX Corps →	notableCommander
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) ("Brian Horrocks") →	commandedBy
XXX Corps ("Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks – Northwest Europe campaign") →	commanderDuring
Edward Fox ("Lieutenant General Horrocks in A Bridge Too Far") →	notableRole