Rivers Berney Worgan

CVO DSO (4 March 1881 – 6 February 1934) was a senior British Indian Army officer during the First World War and Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India

Biography

Born in Arrah on 4 March 1881, Worgan was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He entered the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 21 February 1900,^[1] and served during the Second Boer War.

He transferred to the

Governor of Bengal

, between 1912 and 1913.

He served during the

Waziristan Campaign

, between 1919 and 1920.

He was Military Secretary to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn during his tour of India, between 1920 and 1921, Military Secretary to the Prince of Wales during his tour of India, between 1921 and 1922, and Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, between 1923 and 1926. He was Commander of the Southern Brigade Area, between 1926 and 1930, retired from the British Indian Army in 1930, and was appointed as a Member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in 1932.^[2]

Brigadier General Rivers Berney Worgan was invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917, as a Companion of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1921, and as a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1922.^[3]^[4]^[5] He died in London on 6 February 1934, aged 52.^[6]

^ "No. 27167". The London Gazette. 20 February 1900. p. 1173.
^ "Worgan, Brig.-Gen. Rivers Berney, (died 1 Nov. 1936), Indian Army (retired); a member of HM's Bodyguard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, 1932". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Issue 30011" (PDF). The London Gazette. 6 April 1917. p. 3337. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Issue 32270" (PDF). The London Gazette. 25 March 1921. p. 2397. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Issue 13826" (PDF). The Edinburgh Gazette. 27 June 1922. p. 1089. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ Obituary, The Times, 7 February 1934, p. 17