James Cassels (British Army officer)

Sir James Cassels
General Sir James Cassels in 1968
Nickname(s)	"Jim"
Born	(1907-02-28)28 February 1907 Quetta, British India
Died	13 December 1996(1996-12-13) (aged 89) Newmarket, Suffolk, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1926–68
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	Seaforth Highlanders
Commands held	Chief of the General Staff (1965–68) British Army of the Rhine (1960–63) Northern Army Group (1960–63) Eastern Command (1959–60) I Corps (1953–54) 1st Commonwealth Division (1951–52) 6th Airborne Division (1946) 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (1945–46) 152nd Infantry Brigade (1944–45) 1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish (1940)
Battles/wars	Second World War Jewish insurgency in Palestine Korean War Malayan Emergency
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Legion of Merit (United States) Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (Malaysia)
Relations	General Sir Robert Cassels (father)

James Cassels

Personal information

Full name

Archibald James Halkett Cassels

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium/Off spin

Role

All-rounder

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1932–1935

Army

1932

Viceroy's XI

1928

Punjab Governor's XI

1928

Europeans (Lahore)

First-class debut

17 March 1928 Europeans v Hindus

Last First-class

1 June 1935 Army v Cambridge University

Career statistics

Competition	First-class
Matches	5
Runs scored	197
Batting average	39.40
100s/50s	0/2
Top score	72
Balls bowled	954
Wickets	20
Bowling average	20.75
5 wickets in innings	2
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	6/51
Catches/stumpings	5/0

Source: CricketArchive, 31 May 2008

Field Marshal Sir Archibald James Halkett Cassels, GCB, KBE, DSO (28 February 1907 – 13 December 1996) was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1965 to 1968. As well as being a first-class cricket player, he served in the Second World War, commanded the 1st Commonwealth Division in the Korean War and was director of operations in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. He later advised the British government on the implementation of the 1966 Defence White Paper.

Born the son of General Sir Robert Cassels and Florence Emily Cassels (née Jackson) and educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cassels was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders on 30 August 1926. He was posted to Central India in 1928 and, having been promoted to lieutenant on 20 August 1929, was appointed aide-de-camp to his father in May 1930. He became adjutant of the 2nd battalion of his regiment in March 1934 and was promoted to captain on 22 March 1938.

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