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'''Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones, KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC.''' 1893 - 1975 was a [[British Army]] officer.
'''Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones''', [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Military Cross|MC]], (1893 - 1975) was a general in the [[British Army]] during the [[Second World War]] .


During the [[Second World War]] Scoones commanded the [[Indian 19th Infantry Division]] as a Major General before being promoted to Lieutenant General in command of the [[Indian IV Corps]] in General [[William Slim|Slim's]] [[British Fourteenth Army|Fourteenth Army]] .
During WWII Scoones commanded the [[Indian 19th Infantry Division]] as a major general before being promoted to lieutenant general in command of the [[Indian IV Corps]] in General [[William Slim|Slim's]] [[British Fourteenth Army|Fourteenth Army]] .


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Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones, KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC, (1893 - 1975) was a general in the British Army during the Second World War .

During WWII Scoones commanded the Indian 19th Infantry Division as a major general before being promoted to lieutenant general in command of the Indian IV Corps in General Slim's Fourteenth Army .