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El mayor general Robert Elliott Urquhart, (28 de noviembre de 1901 - 13 de diciembre de 1988) fue un militar británico, famoso por haber comandado a la 1.ª División Aerotransportada británica durante la Operación Market Garden, en la Segunda Guerra Mundial . Vida y carrera militar.
Roy Urquhart. Major General Robert Elliot "Roy" Urquhart, CB, DSO & Bar (28 November 1901 – 13 December 1988) was a British Army officer who saw service during the Second World War and Malayan Emergency.
Brigadier Robert "Roy" Urquhart, a 43 year old Scot, was chosen. Born in 1901, Urquhart had been educated at St Paul's and Sandhurst before being commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1920, with whom he remained, stationed in India, until 1940. From 1941 to 1943, as a Lieutenant-Colonel, he had commanded the 2nd Battalion the Duke of ...
El mayor general Robert Elliott Urquhart, (28 de noviembre de 1901 - 13 de diciembre de 1988) fue un militar británico, famoso por haber comandado a la 1.ª División Aerotransportada británica durante la Operación Market Garden, en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
After the war, General Roy Urquhart of the 1st Airborne that was decimated at Arnhem complained that his intelligence staff had been scratching around for “morsels of information.” He was informed by Browning that his division was not likely to encounter more than a German brigade supported by a few tanks.
Urquhart is best known for leading the 1st British Airborne Division during the Battle of Arnhem. Urquhart was not very enthusiastic about Operation Market Garden. But he was not an outspoken opponent. After the Normandy landings, no fewer than sixteen different plans and operations involving the 1st British Airborne Division were to be deployed.
Major-General Robert 'Roy' Urquhart, commanding 1st Airborne Division, stands outside his headquarters at the Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, 22 September. The area was under constant enemy artillery and mortar fire. Urquhart's command was holding out, thanks in great part to the artillery of XXX Corps expertly suppressing enemy attacks.
