Dudley Russell
Sir Dudley Russell | |
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A motorcycle despatch rider watches as the message he has brought to 8th Indian Division HQ is handed to the GOC, Major-General Dudley Russell, by his ADC, Captain D. A. Sconce, early 1944. | |
| Nickname | "Pasha" |
| Born | 1 December 1896 |
| Died | 4 February 1978 (aged 81) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army British Indian Army |
| Service years | 1915–1954 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Service number | 8991 |
| Unit | Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 97th Deccan Infantry 19th Hyderabad Regiment 13th Frontier Force Rifles |
| Commands | 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 8th Indian Infantry Division 5th Indian Infantry Division Delhi and East Punjab Command Chief British Advisor to the Indian Army |
| Conflicts | World War I World War II |
| Awards | KBE(1950) CB (5 July 1945) CBE (31 August 1944) OBE (30 December 1941) DSO (9 July 1942) MC (8 March 1919) MID (24 June 1943) MID (19 July 1945) LM (Commander) (31 July 1945) |
Lieutenant-General Sir Dudley Russell, KBE, CB, DSO, MC (1 December 1896 – 4 February 1978) was a senior officer of both the British Army and the British Indian Army, and served during World War I and World War II, where he commanded the 8th Indian Infantry Division during the Italian Campaign from late 1943 until the end of the war in 1945.