employed by the rival Commanders". His autobiography, A Full Life, was published in 1960, and he co-authored Corps Commander, an account of his battles in north-west Europe, published in 1977. Horrocks acted as a military consultant for the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far, based on Operation Market Garden. He was also a character in the film, played by Edward Fox. Fox later commented: Horrocks died on 4 January 1985, aged 89. The memorial service, held at Westminster Abbey on 26 February, was attended by Major-General Peter Gillett and Secretary of State for Defence Michael Heseltine, who represented the Queen and Prime Minister respectively. Thirty regiments and many other formations and associations were represented at the service. His body was cremated but his cremated remains were left at the crematorium, near Chichester, until 2022 when the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, a successor to his own Middlesex Regiment, arranged for their private burial at St Paul’s Church in Mill Hill. Notes References External links Official despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Anderson, GOC First Army covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943. Escape to Action, the 1960 US edition of Horrocks' autobiography, on the Internet Archive. of 51st (Highland) Division on 17 May 1945 in Bremerhaven. British Army Officers 1939–1945 Generals of World War II |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1895 births 1985 deaths British Army generals of World War II British Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of the Russian Civil War British military personnel of the Irish War of Independence Middlesex Regiment officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Military Cross Commanders of the Legion of Merit Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium) Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau Commanders of the Order of George I British World War I prisoners of war World War I prisoners of war held by Germany Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley British male modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes of Great Britain Ushers of the Black Rod English television presenters People educated at