Cyril Noyes

Sir Cyril Noyes
Born 13 February 1885
Died 1946
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Indian Army
Rank General
Commands held 2nd Indian Infantry Brigade
North Western Army
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Military Cross

General Sir Cyril Dupré Noyes KCSI CB CIE MC (13 February 1885 – 1946) was a British officer in the Indian Army.

Military career

Noyes joined the Royal Garrison Artillery but transferred to the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry.[1] He became Commander of 2nd Indian Infantry Brigade in 1935.[2] He served in World War II as Deputy Quartermaster-General at Army Headquarters India from 1939, as Director of Movements & Quartering at Army Headquarters, India from 1940 and as a District Commander in India from 1941.[2] He went on to be Quartermaster-General at Army Headquarters, India in 1942 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief North Western Army in 1942.[2] He retired in 1943 and died in 1946.[2]

References

  1. The London Gazette: no. 28220. p. 835. 2 February 1909. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Generals.dk
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Alan Hartley
GOC-in-C, North Western Army, India
1942 1943
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Quinan
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.