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Major General Robert Elliot "Roy" Urquhart, CB, DSO & Bar (28 November 1901 – 13 December 1988) was a British Army officer who saw service during the Second World War and Malayan Emergency.
El mayor general Robert Elliott Urquhart, (28 de noviembre de 1901 - 13 de diciembre de 1988) fue un militar británico, famoso por haber comandado a la 1.ª División Aerotransportada británica durante la Operación Market Garden, en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Urquhart, a tall 42-year-old Scotsman, had no experience whatsoever with airborne troops. In fact, Urquhart hated flying. He suffered from air sickness on airplanes. But, of course, Urquhart did not say “no” when given the opportunity to lead a British division of elite troops.
El mayor general Robert Elliott Urquhart, (28 de noviembre de 1901 - 13 de diciembre de 1988) fue un militar británico, famoso por haber comandado a la 1.ª División Aerotransportada británica durante la Operación Market Garden, en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Major-General Urquhart was awarded the Dutch Bronze Lion for his handling of the Division throughout the battle. His citation reads: General Urquhart landed on 17th September 1944 in command of 1st British Airborne Division with the task of capturing the bridge over the Neder Rijn at Arnhem, in Holland.
After the war, General Roy Urquhart of the 1st Airborne that was decimated at Arnhem complained that his intelligence staff had been scratching around for “morsels of information.” He was informed by Browning that his division was not likely to encounter more than a German brigade supported by a few tanks.
Around 10,000 men from Major-General Roy Urquhart’s 1st British Airborne Division and the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed at Arnhem. But their landing zones were 11 kilometres (seven miles) from the bridge at Arnhem.
