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|name=Alfred Cyril Curtis<br />
|birth_date=2 November 1894<br />
|death_date=13 October 1971<br />
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|rank= [[Major general|Major General]]<br />
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[[Major general|Major General]] '''Alfred Cyril Curtis''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Military Cross|MC]] (2 November 1894 – 13 October 1971) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer who commanded the [[14th Indian Infantry Division]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born on 2 November 1894 and educated at [[Bedford School]], Curtis entered the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and was commissioned as a [[second lieutenant]] into the [[11th Sikh Regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]] in 1915, serving in [[France]], [[Belgium]] and [[Mesopotamia]] during the [[World War I|First World War]], and ending the war as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]. Between the wars he attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]] from 1927 to 1928 and, during the [[World War II|Second World War]] he served in [[Burma]]. He commanded the [[14th Indian Infantry Division]] and was appointed as [[Aide-de-camp]] to [[George VI|King George VI]] in 1944.<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U153664/CURTIS_Maj.-Gen._Alfred_Cyril?index=3&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0 Who's Who<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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Major General Alfred Curtis retired in 1948 and died in [[Jersey]] on 13 October 1971.<ref>Obituary, ''The Ousel'', Vol.LXXV, No.880, December 1971, p. 74</ref><br />
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