Richard Worsley

For other people named Richard Worsley, see Richard Worsley (disambiguation).

Sir Richard Worsley
Born	(1923-05-29)29 May 1923
Died
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Royal Dragoons 7th Armoured Brigade 3rd Division 1 (British) Corps
Battles/wars	World War II Malayan Emergency
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire

General Sir Richard Edward Worsley GCB OBE (29 May 1923 – 23 February 2013) was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1980s.

Military career

Educated at Radley College, Worsley was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1942.

He served in World War II in the Middle East and in Italy and then in the Malayan Emergency in 1948. He became an Instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst later in 1948 and then became Commanding Officer of the Royal Dragoons in 1962.

He was appointed Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1965 and Chief of Staff Far East Land Forces in 1969. He became General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1972 and Commander 1st (British) Corps in 1976. His final appointment was as Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1979; he retired in 1982.

He lived at Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire and died on 23 February 2013.

Family

In 1958 he married Sarah Mitchell and they went on to have one son (Henry) and one daughter (Charlotte); then in 1980 he married Caroline, Duchess of Fife.

References

Military offices
Preceded by Glyn Gilbert	General Officer Commanding the 3rd Division 1972–1974	Succeeded by Robin Carnegie
Preceded by Sir Jack Harman	GOC 1st (British) Corps 1976 – 1978	Succeeded by Sir Peter Leng
Preceded by Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson	Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1979–1982	Succeeded by Sir Paul Travers