Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC was a British Army officer. He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Later he was a television presenter, wrote books on military history, and was Black Rod in the House of Lords for 14 years.
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Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC was a British Army officer. He served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Later he was a television presenter, wrote books on military history, and was Black Rod in the House of Lords for 14 years. In 1940 he commanded a battalion during the Battle of France, the first time he served under Bernard Montgomery, the most prominent British commander of the war. In 1943 he was seriously wounded and took more than a year to recover before returning to command a corps in Europe. Since 1945 he has been regarded by some as one of the most successful British generals of the World War II era. He was awarded the KCB and the DSO by the Queen for his services to the British Army and the armed forces during the Second World War. For more information on this article visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/features/brian-gwynne-horrocks-kCB-kBE-dSO-MC-mrc-1941-1942-1943-1944-1946-1947-1948-1949-1952-1953-1954-1955-1956-1957-1958-1959-1951-1962-1961-1960-1964-1963-1934-1932-1933-1935-1936-1938-1937-1939-1940-1931-1928-1929-1930-1927-29-28-29.
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