Douglas Gracey - Army Career Summary

Army Career Summary

  • Commissioned into 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) (1915)
  • Brigadier General Staff Western Command, India - 1938
  • Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles - (1939–1940)
  • Assistant Commandant of Staff College Quetta, India - (1940–1941)
  • Commanding Officer 17th Indian Brigade, Iraq and Syria - (1941–1942)
  • General Officer Commanding 20th Indian Division, Burma - (1942–1946)
  • Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces French Indochina - (1945–1946)
  • General Officer Commander in Chief Northern Command, India -1946
  • General Officer Commanding Indian I Corps - (1946–1947)
  • Chief General Staff, Pakistan Army - (1947–1948)
  • Commander-in-Chief Pakistan Army - (1948–1951)
  • Retired with honorary rank of general - 1951

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