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{{Short description|British Army general (1896β1969)}} {{good article}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Sir Miles Dempsey | image = Lieutenant General M C Dempsey, Cb, Dso, Mc, Commander in Chief, British Second Army, April 1944 TR1654 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Dempsey in April 1944 | nickname = "Bimbo" | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|12|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[New Brighton, Merseyside|New Brighton]], [[Wallasey|Wallasey, Cheshire]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|6|5|1896|12|15|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Yattendon|Yattendon, Berkshire]], England | placeofburial = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = [[British Army]] | serviceyears = 1915β1947 | servicenumber = 9391<ref name="KCB" /> | rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] | unit = [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] | commands = {{Unbulleted list | [[Middle East Command|Middle East Land Forces]] (1946β47) | Allied Land Forces, South East Asia (1945β46) | [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]] (1945) | [[Second Army (United Kingdom)|Second Army]] (1944β45) | [[XIII Corps (United Kingdom)|XIII Corps]] (1942β44) | [[42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|42nd Armoured Division]] (1941β42) | [[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division]] (1941) | [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|46th Infantry Division]] (1941) | [[13th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|13th Infantry Brigade]] (1939β40) | 1st Battalion, [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] (1938β39) }} | battles = {{tree list}} * [[First World War]]: ** [[Battle of Delville Wood]] ** [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] ** [[German spring offensive]] ** [[Hundred Days Offensive]] * [[Iraqi revolt of 1920]] * [[Russian Civil War]] * [[Second World War]]: ** [[Battle of France]] ** [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] ** [[Battle of Normandy]] ** [[Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine]] ** [[Operation Market Garden]] ** [[Western Allied invasion of Germany]] * [[Greek Civil War]] * [[Palestine Emergency]] {{Tree list/end}} | awards = {{Unbulleted list | [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] | [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] | [[Distinguished Service Order]] | [[Military Cross]] | [[Mentioned in Despatches]] (4) | [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] (United States) | [[Legion of Merit|Commander of the Legion of Merit]] (United States) | [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold with Palm]] (Belgium) | [[Croix de guerre (Belgium)|Croix de guerre with Palm]] (Belgium) | [[Order of Orange-Nassau|Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords]] (Netherlands) }} | relations = | laterwork = }} [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB|DSO|MC|DL}} (15 December 1896 β 5 June 1969) was a senior [[British Army]] officer who served in both [[world war]]s. During the Second World War he commanded the [[Second Army (United Kingdom)|Second Army]] in northwest Europe. A highly professional career soldier who made his reputation in active service, Dempsey was highly thought of by both his subordinates and superiors, most notably [[Bernard Montgomery]], but is not well known. A 1915 graduate of the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Dempsey was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]]. As a junior officer, he fought on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] during the First World War, where he was wounded, and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he served in Iraq during the [[Iraqi revolt of 1920]], in Iran during the [[Russian Civil War]], and in India. During the Second World War, Dempsey formed a close relationship with Montgomery. He commanded the [[13th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|13th Brigade]] in the [[Battle of France]] in 1940, and then spent the next two years training troops in England. He commanded the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]]'s [[XIII Corps (United Kingdom)|XIII Corps]] in the Allied invasions of [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]] and [[Allied invasion of Italy|Italy]] in 1943. He commanded the Second Army during the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]] and made rapid advances in the subsequent campaign in Northern France and Belgium. After the war, he commanded the [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]] in the Far East, and the [[Middle East Command]] during the [[Greek Civil War]] and the [[Palestine Emergency]]. He retired from the Army in 1947, and was involved in [[horse racing]]. He bred and raced his own horses, and was chairman of the [[The Tote|Racecourse Betting Control Board]] from 1947 to 1951.
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