Robert Cassels

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British Indian Army general

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FieldValue
honorific_prefixGeneral
honorific_suffix
nameSir Robert Cassels
birth_date
death_date
birth_placeBombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
death_placeBattle, England, United Kingdom
allegianceUnited Kingdom
branchBritish Indian Army
serviceyears1896–1941
rankGeneral
commandsCommander-in-Chief, India
Northern Command, India
Peshawar District
18th Indian Division
11th Indian Cavalry Brigade
battlesFirst World War
Second World War
awardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
relationsField Marshal Sir James Cassels (son)
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| honorific_prefix = General | honorific_suffix = |name= Sir Robert Cassels |image= |caption= |birth_date= |death_date = |birth_place= Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |death_place= Battle, England, United Kingdom |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= British Indian Army |serviceyears= 1896–1941 |rank= General |unit= |commands= Commander-in-Chief, India Northern Command, India Peshawar District 18th Indian Division 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade |battles= First World War Second World War |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) |relations= Field Marshal Sir James Cassels (son) General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, (15 March 1876 – 23 December 1959) was a British Indian Army officer. He was the father of Field Marshal Sir James Cassels.

Military career

Educated at Sedbergh School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cassels was commissioned into the Indian Staff Corps as a second lieutenant on 22 January 1896. He received promotion to lieutenant on 22 April 1898, to captain on 22 January 1905 and to major on 22 January 1914. Whilst serving in India, Cassels made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1902–03 Bombay Presidency Match. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in the Europeans first innings by Ardeshir Mehta, whilst in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Maneksha Bulsara.

He went on to serve in the First World War, receiving rapid and successive promotion to temporary lieutenant colonel on 19 January 1916, brevet lieutenant colonel on 3 June 1916, brevet colonel in June 1917, and to temporary brigadier general on 6 August 1917. In November 1917 he was appointed Commander of 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade and took his brigade on a great turning movement up the left bank of the River Tigris, outflanking the Turks and helping to bring the Mesopotamian Campaign to an end. Following the war, he briefly commanded the 18th Indian Division while it was stationed in the Middle East.

Cassels was promoted to major general on 1 January 1919 in the Cavalry in India when he was appointed Commander of Peshawar District. He was promoted to general on 15 October 1929 and appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command, India in 1930. He was next made Commander-in-Chief, India and a Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General of India in 1935. He continued in that post into the Second World War and retired in 1941.

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References

  1. {{London Gazette. (16 July 1897)
  2. {{London Gazette. (15 July 1898)
  3. {{London Gazette. (24 March 1905)
  4. {{London Gazette. (24 March 1914)
  5. "First-Class Matches played by Robert Cassels". CricketArchive.
  6. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1902/03". CricketArchive.
  7. {{London Gazette. (18 January 1916)
  8. {{London Gazette. (12 July 1917)
  9. {{London Gazette. (6 September 1917)
  10. {{London Gazette. (22 February 1918)
  11. [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CASSELS1.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
  12. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19350408&id=lFQRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2435,3979048 India's Commander-in-Chief] The Age, 8 April 1935
  13. [http://www.generals.dk/general/Cassels/Sir_Robert_Archibald/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]
  14. {{London Gazette. (3 March 1919)
  15. He became [[Adjutant-General (India). Adjutant-General, India]] in 1928, and was promoted to lieutenant general on 14 April (back-dated to 1 May 1927).{{London Gazette. (25 May 1928)
  16. {{London Gazette. (11 October 1929)
  17. {{London Gazette. (20 December 1929)
  18. {{London Gazette. (3 June 1933)
  19. {{London Gazette. (3 June 1927)
  20. {{London Gazette. (11 July 1940)
  21. {{London Gazette. (7 June 1919)

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