Roy Bucher


Sir Roy Bucher

Born31 August 1895
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died5 January 1980 (aged 84)
Allegiance United Kingdom
British India
India
Branch British Army
 British Indian Army
 Indian Army
Service years1914–1949
RankGeneral
Service number16708
CommandsEastern Command
12th Cavalry
Indian Cavalry Training Centre
Indian Army
ConflictsFirst World War
Third Anglo-Afghan War
Second World War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross

General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher KBE CB MC (31 August 1895 – 5 January 1980) was a British Indian Army officer who became the second Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and the final non-Indian to hold the top post of the Indian Army after Partition.