Claude Auchinleck

Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (b. 1884), was a British army commander during World War II, stationed in India. Despite the fact that Britain had fallen to Germany in 1941, and all imperial troops were ordered to lay down their arms, Auchinleck and his men fought the forces of Walther Model until 1947. Model described Auchinleck's men as bandits.

Auchinleck formally surrendered in New Delhi.