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Rivers Berney Worgan
Brigadier General Rivers Berney Worgan CSI CVO DSO (1881-1934) was a senior British Indian Army officer during the First World War and Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India.
==Biography==
Born in Arrah on 4 March 1881, Rivers Berney Worgan was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He entered the British Army in 1900, and served during the Second Boer War. He transferred to the British Indian Army and joined 20th Deccan Horse in 1905. He was appointed as Aide-de-camp to Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, Governor of Madras, in 1907, and commanded the Bodyguard of the Governor of Madras, between 1910 and 1912. Under orders from Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, he raised and commanded the Bodyguard of the 1st Governor of Bengal, between 1912 and 1913. He served during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, commanding the 9th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (1916-17), and the 173rd Brigade, 58th (2/1st London) Division, at the Second Battle of the Somme (1918). Subsequently he served during the Third Anglo-Afghan War and the Waziristan Campaign, between 1919 and 1920. He was Military Secretary to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn during his tour of India, between 1920 and 1921, Military Secretary to the Prince of Wales during his tour of India, between 1921 and 1922, and Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, between 1923 and 1926. He was Commander of the Southern Brigade Area, between 1926 and 1930, retired from the British Indian Army in 1930, and was appointed as a Member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in 1932.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WORGAN, Brig.-Gen. Rivers Berney )〕
Brigadier General Rivers Berney Worgan was invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1917, as a Companion of the Royal Victorian Order in 1921, and as a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1922.〔https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30011/page/3337/data.pdf〕〔https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32270/page/2397/data.pdf〕〔https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13826/page/1089/data.pdf〕 He died in London on 6 February 1934, aged 52.〔Obituary, ''The Times'', 7 February 1934, p.17〕
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