Major-General Arthur Gordon Patterson CB DSO OBE MC (24 July 1917 – 27 May 1996) was a British Army officer who commanded 17th Gurkha Division.

[4] He served in World War II with the 6th Gurkha Rifles being awarded the Military Cross for his exploits in Burma in May 1945.

[6] He was later given command of a battalion of his Regiment and appointed OBE for further service in Malaya.

[7] In 1964, as a temporary Brigadier during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, he took part in the response to the Brunei Revolt rounding up escaped rebel leaders in the swamps and jungles over a wide area of North Borneo for which he was awarded the DSO.

[8] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division in December 1965 and Director of Military Training in June 1969 before retiring in 1972.