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Basil Eugster

General Sir Basil Oscar Paul Eugster, was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces from 1972 to 1974.

Army career
A British soldier of Swiss descent, Basil Oscar Paul Eugster attended Beaumont College. In 1935 he joined the Irish Guards. He served with his regiment through the Second World War and fought in the Narvik Campaign in Norway in 1940. He was then General Officer Commanding Southern Command from 1971 to 1972. He served as the Commander in Chief, UK Land Forces from 1972 to 1974 when he retired. ==Later career==
Later career
Eugster was Colonel of the Regiment of the Irish Guards until his death in 1984, aged 69. ==References==
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