1. Roy Bucher was attached to the 4th Battalion, Cameronians in the UK from 25 August 1914 to 30 April 1915, when he joined the regiment's 1st Battalion in France.
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Roy Bucher remained there until 8 November 1915, when he transferred to the 55th Cokes Rifles in India.
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Roy Bucher transferred to the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in 1916, and was promoted to acting captain on 23 May 1917, again receiving the rank from 16 October 1917, and was promoted to the substantive rank of captain on 15 August 1918.
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Roy Bucher was sent on the course at the Staff College, Camberley in 1926.
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Roy Bucher was appointed a General Staff Officer 3rd Grade from 7 July 1929 to 15 June 1931 then Deputy Assistant Adjutant General from 16 June 1931 to 6 April 1933 for the Deccan District in India.
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Roy Bucher was promoted to major on 15 August 1932, and brevetted lieutenant-colonel on 1 July 1937.
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Roy Bucher was appointed Assistant Adjutant General at GHQ India from 24 January 1941 to 23 June 1941.
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Roy Bucher was made Assistant Quartermaster General in Iraq later that year and was put in charge of Administration at Southern Command in India on 21 March 1942, with the acting rank of major-general.
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Roy Bucher was promoted to colonel on 21 July 1942, and advanced to temporary major-general on 21 March 1943.
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Roy Bucher was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1945 New Year Honours, and Bucher was promoted to the substantive rank of major-general on 6 April 1945.
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On 28 November 1948, Roy Bucher had advised Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to agree to a ceasefire because "overall military decision was no longer possible".