Geoffrey Scoones

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name= Geoffrey Scoones
lived= 1893 - 1975
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allegiance=United Kingdom
branch=British Indian Army
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rank=Lieutenant-General
commands= Indian IV Corps
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battles=World War I
World War II
awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
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Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC (1893 - 1975) was a general in the British Indian Army during the Second World War .

Before the war, Scoones had commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. In 1940 he was appointed Deputy Director of Military Operations, India. The following year, he became Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, India, with the rank of major-general.

In 1942, he briefly commanded the Indian 19th Infantry Division before being promoted to lieutenant-general and appointed to command the Indian IV Corps. This Corps defended Imphal in Manipur, on the frontier between India and Japanese-held Burma. It also had responsibility for a large rear area, and a very large tract of unmapped and trackless jungle-covered frontier.

Scoones commanded the Corps through the gruelling Battle of Imphal. He was subsequently appointed to Central Command in India, an Army-level HQ which was nevertheless essentially a rear-area and administrative command.

After spending two years from 1947 to 1949 as Aide de camp to King George VI, he was appointed Principal Staff Officer at the Commonwealth Relations Office. From 1953 to 1957, he was High Commissioner to New Zealand.

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