Brigadier John Cecil Currie DSO** MC (1898 – 26 June 1944) was a British Army officer who fought in both the First and the Second World Wars.

[4] He remained in the army during the interwar period, and, in the autumn of 1939 he was deployed to France with 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery, part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and then took part in the Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940.

[5] He then commanded the 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 for which he was appointed a Companion if the Distinguished Service Order.

[2] We all realise that for armour to attack a wall of guns sounds like another Balaclava, it is properly an infantry job.

The reply came from Freyberg that Montgomery[7]...was aware of the risk and has accepted the possibility of losing 100% casualties in 9th Armoured Brigade to make the break, but in view of the promise of immediate following through of 1st Armoured Division, the risk was not considered as great as all that.The 9th Armoured Brigade started its approach march at 8 pm on 1 November 1942 from El Alamein railway station with around 130 tanks; it arrived at its start line with only 94 tanks.

behind a barrage; however, the attack was postponed for 30 minutes while the brigade regrouped on Currie's orders.

[13] The brigade had sacrificed itself upon the gun line and caused great damage but had failed to create the gap for the 1st Armoured Division to pass through; however, the attack as expected[10] brought down the weight of the German and Italian tank reserve.