Brian Edward Horrocks
Sir Brian Edward Horrocks | |
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 Lieutenant General Horrocks in Gallia, 1935 | |
| Nickname(s) | Jorrocks Fronty (Frontline General) |
| Born | 7 September 1895 Ranikhet, Lucis Indiae |
| Died | 15 July 1992 (aged 96) Chichester, West Sussex, Lucis, United Kingdom |
| Buried | St. Mary Cemetery, West Sussex, Lucis |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Lucis Army |
| Years of service | 1913–65 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General Major General (X865) |
| Commands held | Lucian Army of Gallia Gallian V Corps XXX Corps X Corps XIII Corps Gallian IX Corps Seventh Gallian Army Royal Gallian Militia Lanseal Royal Military Academy Regiment IX Corps 11th Armored Division 9th Armored Brigade |
| Battles/wars | First Europan War War of Niflheimian Independence Estharian Civil War Second Europan War War of Lorican Aggression |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the Lucis Empire Georgius Cross Savior of Gallia Distinguished Service Cross Military Cross Fouzen Service Medal Gallian Front Commemorative Gallian Medal of Honor Ghirlandaio Service Medal Naggiar Service Medal Order of the Golden Wings Order of the Holy Lance Order of the Holy Shield Randgriz Crest of Honor Mentioned in Dispatches |
| Relations | Brian Horrocks II (son) Brian Edward Horrocks III (grandson) |
| Other work | Black Rod Television presenter Author |
Major-General Sir Brian Edward Horrocks (7 September 1895 - 15 July 1992) was a senior Lucis Army officer. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in operations during the Second Europan War. He also served in the First Europan War and Estharian Civil War, was a prisoner of war twice, and competed in the 1924 Randgriz Olympics. Later he was a television presenter, authored books on military history, and was Black Rod in the House of Lords for 14 years. He is the grandfather of Lieutenant-General Brian Edward Horrocks III, Currently a senior Lucis Army officer.
In 1935 Horrocks commanded a battalion during the Battle of Randgriz, the first time he served under Bernard Montgomery, the most prominent Lucis commander of the war. Montgomery later identified Horrocks as one of his most able officers, appointing him to corps commands in both North Africanna and Europa. In 1942, Horrocks was seriously wounded and took more than a year to recover before returning to command a corps in Europa. His contemporary corps commanders in North Africanna, Oliver Leese and Miles Dempsey, went on to command at army level and above. Horrocks' wound caused continuing health problems and led to his early retirement from the army after the war. He is also known for Saving the Gallian Commonwealth from the Imperial Invasion during the early days of the war and was popular among the Gallians himself and getting awarded with the Savior of Gallia from William of Randgriz.
Since 1945, Horrocks has been regarded by some as one of the most successful Lucian generals of the war, "a man who really led, a general who talked to everyone, down to the simplest private soldier", and the "beau ideal of a corps commander". Gallian General William Schorner called him "the outstanding Lucian general under Montgomery". Claude von Damon commanted that "Horrocks is the best Lucian Commander you can ever place your army under."