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Fraser married in 1920 Cicely Annie Bill, widow of John Hugo
Hepburn Bill of the Indian Civil Service (they had married in 1911 and he was killed by Kurds on 3 November 1919 while lieutenant colonel and Political Officer, Mosul, late resident at Bushire), daughter of Major Robert W. Bill and had one
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British Army in the rank of colonel from 18 December 1941 until November 1945 as the military attaché in Teheran; he was restored to the rank of major general on retiring once again.
379:. Fraser, commander of the 10th Indian Infantry Division, arrived in Basra on 18 April with his headquarters, one brigade of infantry and a regiment of artillery and assumed command of all ground forces in the
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replaced Sabine Force and, as force levels built up, Fraser was succeeded as commander of
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829:. Campaign. Oxford, New York: Osprey Publishing.
375:and, as a result, the force itself was known as
691:(Supplement). 12 September 1919. p. 11458.
371:were initially part of an operation codenamed
985:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
980:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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484:India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947
415:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
165:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
771:(Supplement). 31 December 1915. p. 75.
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631:(Supplement). 15 March 1946. p. 1423.
535:(Supplement). 11 March 1941. p. 1509.
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515:Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
791:(Supplement). 11 May 1948. p. 2921.
651:(Supplement). 1 January 1941. p. 3.
313:Fraser became Commanding Officer of the
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431:Member of the Royal Victorian Order
333:in 1930. He was made Commandant of
177:Member of the Royal Victorian Order
671:. 29 September 1922. p. 6893.
409:Companion of the Order of the Bath
161:Companion of the Order of the Bath
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467:daughter, born 27 November 1923.
395:. Fraser retired on 1 June 1941.
276:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1000:Recipients of the Military Cross
889:Indian Army List (various dates)
731:. 7 November 2012. p. 2017.
363:in 1941, the ground forces from
206:William Archibald Kenneth Fraser
25:William Archibald Kenneth Fraser
16:British Army general (1886–1969)
851:. London: Chatto & Windus.
865:Playfair, Major-General I.S.O.
611:. 8 August 1941. p. 4584.
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457:and sash (Afghanistan) – 1928
354:10th Indian Infantry Division
348:and, having been promoted to
335:12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
325:in 1922, military attaché in
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136:10th Indian Infantry Division
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270:and Susan Alberta Graves of
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421:Distinguished Service Order
169:Distinguished Service Order
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284:9th Queen's Royal Lancers
142:Jubbulpore Brigade (1937)
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304:Battle of Neuve Chapelle
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926:"Orders of Battle.com"
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306:in March 1915 and the
140:Mhow Brigade (1937–40)
495:Ireland, Census, 1901
344:Fraser served in the
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359:During the
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280:Indian Army
250:during the
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79:Allegiance
46:1886-12-19
385:Iraqforce
341:in 1937.
191:(Belgium)
152:(1919–20)
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102:1905–1945
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138:(1941)
133:(1941)
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