11 Facts About Noel Beresford-Peirse

Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer.

Noel Beresford-Peirse was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and commissioned into the Royal Artillery.

Noel Beresford-Peirse served in the First World War in, briefly, Egypt in 1914 then Mesopotamia back to Egypt and finally France and Belgium.

Noel Beresford-Peirse was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.

In 1937, Noel Beresford-Peirse was posted to India for "special duties" and subsequently he served two years as an instructor at the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum in India.

Noel Beresford-Peirse was Brigadier in the Royal Artillery, Southern India Command during 1939 and 1940 and Aide-de-Camp to King George VI in 1939 and 1940.

At the beginning of the Second World War Noel Beresford-Peirse was the Commander of Artillery for the Indian 4th Infantry Division, which at the time was based in Egypt.

Noel Beresford-Peirse was promoted to command the division in August 1940 and led it in North Africa and Sudan.

Noel Beresford-Peirse commanded the British forces in Sudan from October 1941 to April 1942 when he was put in command of the Indian XV Corps and then, from June 1942, the Southern Army in India until 31 March 1945.

Noel Beresford-Peirse was Welfare General of the India Command between April 1945 and 1946.

Noel Beresford-Peirse retired on 13 June 1947, joining the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, and died in 1953.