Ronald Urquhart
{{Short description|British Army general (1906–1968)}}
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| birth_date =26 March 1906
| death_date =19 April 1968 (aged 62)
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| serviceyears =1925–1960
| servicenumber =34932
| rank =Major General
| unit =Royal Engineers
| commands =35th Infantry Brigade
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
| battles =Second World War
| awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Major General Ronald Walton Urquhart CB DSO (26 March 1906 – 19 April 1968) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Early life
Urquhart was the son of W. L. A. W. Urquhart, Esq, of Montevideo, Uruguay. He was educated at Bedford School and at Pembroke College, Cambridge.{{Cite web |title=Urquhart, Major-General Ronald Walton, (26 March 1906–19 April 1968), DL; retired; Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, since 1964 |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-50726;jsessionid=37C268F8674F8AB85D7F491D55726E0C?index=1&query=0&results=QuicksearchResults |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |language=en}}{{London Gazette
| issue = 33129
| date = 2 February 1926
| page = 792
}} He then attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, earning the rank of Senior Under Officer. He was also awarded the Sword of Honour. He finished his young officer coursework at Chatham and at Pembroke College.
Military career
He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1925.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/URQUHART.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives] In the Second World War he served in Norway and North West Europe, being awarded the DSO for his services in Normandy.{{London Gazette|issue=36679|supp=y|page=4044|date=29 August 1944}} After the War he became Director of Combined Operations and then, from 1953, Commander of 35th Infantry Brigade.
He went on to be Chief of Staff at Western Command in 1956 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst between 1957 and 1960.
Personal life
He married Jean Moir in 1945 and had children David and Jane. He died on 19 April 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1968-September.pdf|title=Major-General R. W. Urquhart CB DSO DL|page=68|publisher=The Royal Engineers Journal|volume=82|date=1 September 1968}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:People educated at Bedford School
Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Category:Royal Engineers officers
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order