George Philip Bradley Roberts

George Philip Bradley Roberts
Nickname	Pip
Born	5 November 1906 Quetta, British India (now in Pakistan)
Died	5 November 1997 (aged 91) East Sussex
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1926 – 1949
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Royal Tank Regiment
Commands held	3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment (4 Jan 1942) 22nd Armoured Brigade Group & 22nd Armoured Brigade (23 Jul 1942 - 20 Jan 1943) 7th Armoured Division (acting, 20 Jan 1943 - 25 Jan 1943) 26th Armoured Brigade (13 Mar 1943 - 19 Jun 1943) 30th Armoured Brigade (20 Jul 1943 - 6 Dec 1943) 11th Armoured Division (6 Dec 1943 - 1946) 7th Armoured Division (1947 - 1948) Hanover District, Germany (1948) Director, Royal Armoured Corps (1948 - 1949)
Battles/wars	Second World War North Africa Normandy Northern Europe
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross
Other work	unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for Wimbledon (Jul 1945); Director of Scribbans-Kemp (1949-1964); Honorary Colonel, Kent and County of London Yeomanry Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry Regiment, TAVR (1 May 1962 - 31 Jul 1970); Justice of the Peace (1960 - 1970)

Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts CB, DSO, MC, (1906 – 1997), better known as "Pip", was a British commander of an armoured division during the Second World War.

Military career

Roberts was born in Quetta, British India, in 1906 and was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps in 1926.^[1] He was posted to Egypt with the Royal Tanks Corps from 1928 to 1931.^[1]

Roberts was an instructor at the Tank Driving and Maintenance School at Bovington, Dorset, from 1933 to 1937.^[1] He was again posted to Egypt for 1938 and 1939.^[1] He commanded the 11th Armoured Division (the "Black Bull") in North West Europe from 1944 to 1946.^[1]

Roberts commanded the 7th Armoured Division in 1947.^[1] He then became Director of the Royal Armoured Corps and retired from the Army in September 1949.^[1] His book From the Desert to the Baltic is an account of all his wartime battles.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Unit Histories

• Roberts, GPB. From The Desert to the Baltic.

Military offices
Preceded by Brocas Burrows	GOC 11th Armoured Division December 1943–1946	Succeeded by Vacant (next held by Henry Foote)
Preceded by Vacant (previously held by Lewis Lyne)	GOC 7th Armoured Division 1947–1948	Succeeded by Vacant (next held by Robert Arkwright)

Persondata
Name	Roberts, George Philip Bradley
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1906
Place of birth	Quetta, British India (now in Pakistan)
Date of death	1997
Place of death	East Sussex