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Harold Rawdon Briggs
Lieutenant General Sir Rawdon Briggs & Two Bars (1894–1952) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars and the post-war era.
Field Marshal William Slim said of him "I know of few commanders who made as many immediate and critical decisions on every step of the ladder of promotion, and I know of none who made so few mistakes".〔Slim, ''Defeat into Victory'', p.145〕
==Early life==
Educated at Bedford School, Briggs was a U.S. citizen until receiving British naturalisation papers in 1914. He then became a cadet at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. In 1915, after an initial appointment to the Indian Army was cancelled, he was commissioned into the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and fought with the regiment in France. In 1916 he transferred to the British Indian Army joining the 31st Punjabis (which in 1922 became the 2nd battalion 16th Punjab Regiment), fighting in Mesopotamia and later in Palestine.〔Antony Brett-James, (Chapter XIII )〕 In September 1917 he was appointed to command one of the 31st Punjabi's companies in the rank of acting captain, and was attached to the 152nd Punjabis in May 1918 in the same role.
In 1924 he transferred to the 1st battalion 10th Baluch Regiment with whom he saw two periods of action in the North West Frontier of India in the 1930s. He was promoted to major in August 1932 (having been made a brevet-major in January) and then lieutenant colonel in September 1937 when given command of the 2nd Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment (now 7th Battalion The Baloch Regiment).〔
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