and then, from June 1942, the Southern Army in India until 31 March 1945. Beresford-Peirse was Welfare General of the India Command between April 1945 and 1946. He retired on 13 June 1947, joining the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, and died in 1953. Notes References External links The Peerage Web Site British Army Officers 1939–1945 Generals of World War II |- 1887 births 1953 deaths British Army lieutenant generals Irish military personnel Royal Artillery officers Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire British Army personnel of World War I British Army generals of World War II People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Sudan Defence Force officers Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley 20th-century Anglo-Irish people Beresford family