# Arthur Patterson

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{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{about||the British X-ray crystallographer|Arthur Lindo Patterson|the earlier British Army office|Arthur Paterson}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix   = [Major-General](/source/Major_general_(United_Kingdom))
| name               = Arthur Patterson
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO|OBE|MC}}
| image              = Brigadier Patterson (1962).jpg
| caption            = Brigadier Patterson in 1962
| birth_date         = 24 July 1917<ref name="death">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref>
| death_date         = 27 May 1996 (aged 78)<ref>''UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014''</ref>
| burial_label       = 
| burial_place       = 
| birth_place        = British India
| death_place        = [Benenden](/source/Benenden), Kent
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| nickname           = 
| allegiance         = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| branch             = 23px [British Army](/source/British_Army)
| service_years      = 1938–1972
| rank               = [Major-General](/source/Major-General)
| unit               = 
| commands           = [17th Gurkha Division](/source/17th_Gurkha_Division)
| battles            = [World War II](/source/World_War_II)<br/>[Malayan Emergency](/source/Malayan_Emergency)<br/>[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation](/source/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation)
| awards             = [Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)<br/>[Distinguished Service Order](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order)<br/>[Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)<br/>[Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross)
| relations          = 
| other_work         = 
}}
[Major-General](/source/Major-General) '''Arthur Gordon Patterson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO|OBE|MC}} (24 July 1917 – 27 May 1996) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer who commanded [17th Gurkha Division](/source/17th_Gurkha_Division).

==Military career==
Patterson was born in British India, the son of Arthur Abbey Patterson of the Indian Civil Service, and educated at [Tonbridge School](/source/Tonbridge_School), Kent.<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |date=1973 |publisher=Kelly's Directories |page=2900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SIMAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was [commissioned](/source/Commissioned_officer) into the [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) in 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34477|page=589|date=28 January 1938}}</ref> He served in [World War II](/source/World_War_II) with the [6th Gurkha Rifles](/source/6th_Queen_Elizabeth's_Own_Gurkha_Rifles) being awarded the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) for his exploits in [Burma](/source/Burma) in May 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37091|supp=y|page=2651|date=24 May 1945}}</ref> In 1951 he was deployed to [Malaya](/source/Federation_of_Malaya) at the height of the [Malayan Emergency](/source/Malayan_Emergency) for which he was appointed [MBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=39361|supp=y|page=5431|date=19 October 1951}}</ref> He was later given command of a battalion of his Regiment and appointed OBE for further service in Malaya.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42237|supp=y|page=8941|date=27 December 1960}}</ref> In 1964, as a [temporary Brigadier](/source/Brigadier) during the [Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation](/source/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation), he took part in the response to the [Brunei Revolt](/source/Brunei_Revolt) rounding up escaped rebel leaders in the swamps and jungles over a wide area of [North Borneo](/source/North_Borneo) for which he was awarded the [DSO](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43244|supp=y|page=1343|date=11 February 1964}}</ref> He was appointed [General Officer Commanding](/source/General_Officer_Commanding) [17th Gurkha Division](/source/17th_Gurkha_Division) in December 1965 and Director of Military Training in June 1969 before retiring in 1972.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>

He was given the Colonelcy of the [6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles](/source/6th_Queen_Elizabeth's_Own_Gurkha_Rifles) from 1969 to 1974.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/06GR.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101204744/http://regiments.org/regiments/southasia/gurkha/06GR.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=1 January 2007|title=6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|publisher= regiments.org|accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref>

== Honours ==
* 50x50px [Order of the Bath](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) (CB)
* 50x50px [Distinguished Service Order](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order) (DSO) (1964)
* 50x50px [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) Officer (OBE) (1951)
* 50x50px [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) (MC) (May 1945)

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[GOC 17th Gurkha Division](/source/17th_Gurkha_Division)|years=1965&ndash;1969}}
{{s-aft|after=[Derek Horsford](/source/Derek_Horsford)}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II
Category:British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency
Category:British Army personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Category:British Indian Army officers
Category:People educated at Tonbridge School
Category:Military personnel of British India

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