Ronald Scobie

Infobox Military Person
name= Ronald MacKenzie Scobie
lived= 8 June 1893 - 1969
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allegiance= United Kingdom
branch= British Army
serviceyears= 1914 - 1945
rank= Lieutenant General
commands= III Corps
British 70th Infantry Division
unit= Royal Engineers
battles= World War I
World War II
awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross
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Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie KBE, CB, MC was a British Army officer. Born on the 8 June 1893 he was educated at Cheltenham and Woolwich and played rugby for Scotland in 1914.

He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1914 serving in the First World War.

In 1939 Scobie, a brigadier, was Deputy Director of Mobilisation at the War Office. After this he held staff positions in the Middle East and Sudan before being given command of the 70th Infantry Division, which was sent into to relieve the Australian 9th Division in Tobruk. Scobie was in command of the Tobruk fortress from 22 October 1941 to 13 December 1941, when, as part of Operation Crusader, the 70th Infantry Division led the successful break-out from Tobruk.

In February 1942 he became Deputy Adjutant General for GHQ, Middle East. On 22 March 1943 Scobie was promoted to lieutenant general and made Chief of the General Staff, GHQ Middle East. From 11 December 1943 he was given command of III Corps which was sent to Greece to expel the Germans but ended up becoming involved in the Greek Civil War. He remained in command of British forces in Greece until after the end of the Second World War.

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*oob person | id = 869 | name = Ronald Scobie
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A1125136 WWII Peoples War: Force 140]