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Date of birth:

May 5th, 1883 (Colchester/Essex, England)

Date of death:

May 24th, 1950 (London, England)

Nationality:

British

Promotions:
1921: Colonel;
1933: Major General;
1938: Lieutenant General;
?: General;
January 1943: Field Marshall.

Career:
?: Winchester College;
?: Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
?: British Staff College;
1901: 42nd Highland Regiment (Black Watch);
1914: British Expeditionary Force, BEF;
October 1916: Military Attaché, Russian Army, Caucasus;
1917: Egyptian Expeditionary Army;
1918-1919: XX Corps, Palestine;
1919-1920: Egyptian Expeditionary Army;
1930-1934: Commander, 6th Infantry Brigade;
1935: Commander, 2nd Division;
1937: Commander Palestine;
1939: Commanding Officer Middle East;
1941: comanding Officer India;
January 1942: Commanding Officer ABDA-Command;
?: Vice-King in India.

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Brigade Major

Unit:

9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, British Army

Awarded on:

June 3rd, 1915

Wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres of 1915, losing his left eye.

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Brigade Major

Unit:

9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, British Army

Awarded on:

June 22nd, 1915

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Major

Awarded on:

September 12th, 1916

With swords
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General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel

Unit:

Kavkazskaya armiya, Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya (Russian Army in the Caucasus, Russian Army)

Awarded on:

January 4th, 1917

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel

Unit:

Kavkazskaya armiya, Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya (Caucasus Army, Russian Imperial Army)

Awarded on:

1917

As Military Attache.

Temporary General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Brigadier

Unit:

General Staff (BGGS), Headquarters, XX Corps, British Army

Awarded on:

January 1st, 1919

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Brigadier

Unit:

General Staff (BGGS), Headquarters, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), British Army

Awarded on:

January 22nd, 1919

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Brigadier

Awarded on:

May 4th, 1920

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Brigadier

Awarded on:

May 7th, 1920

Rank:

Major-General

Awarded on:

January 1st, 1935

Rank:

Lieutenant-general

Unit:

Headquarters, Southern Command, British Army

Awarded on:

January 2nd, 1939

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

General

Unit:

Headquarters, Middle East Command, British Army

Awarded on:

March 4th, 1941

Commander-in-Chief

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

General

Unit:

Headquarters, Middle East Command, British Army

Awarded on:

May 9th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

General

Unit:

Headquarters, Middle East Command, British Army

Awarded on:

September 23rd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

General

Unit:

Headquarters, India Command, British Indian Army

Awarded on:

April 10th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

General

Unit:

Headquarters, India Command, British Indian Army

Awarded on:

May 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

Headquarters, India Command, British Indian Army

Awarded on:

January 15th, 1943

Commander-in-Chief

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

Headquarters, India Command, British Indian Army

Awarded on:

July 23rd, 1943

Commander-in-Chief

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

India Office, British Government

Awarded on:

September 18th, 1943

As Viceroy and Governor-General of India

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

India Office, British Government

Awarded on:

September 18th, 1943

As Viceroy and Governor-General of India

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

India Office, British Government

Awarded on:

January 4th, 1944

As Viceroy and Governor-General of India

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

India Office, British Government

Awarded on:

July 23rd, 1948

"His Excellent Field Marshal The Right Honourable Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester, C.C.G. G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E., C.M.G., M.C., performed outstanding service as Viceroy of India during the period 20 October 1943 to 17 May 1945. The loss of Burma in 1942 imposed upon the allies the urgent necessity for building up India as a base for future offensive operations against the Japanese in southeastern Asia and in China. The largest share of this preparatory work fell upon the Government of India. Upon assumption of Office as Viceroy in October 1943, Lord Wavell directed his energies to his important task with remarkable success. The accommodation of large armies and the mobilization of Indian resources for war created financial, economic, political and constitutional problems of peculiar difficulty. Lord Wavell's determination to render the necessary assistance to American forces contributed greatly to the successful performance of its mission by Unites States Forces, India-Burma Theater. In so doing, he substantially increased the combined war effort in this theater and laid the foundation for offensive operations in South East Asia Command and China."

As Viceroy and Governor-General of India

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Field Marshal

Unit:

India Office, British Government

As Viceroy and Governor-General of India

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second Boer War (1899-1902)

• Photo 1: United Kingdom Government public domain
• - The London Gazette, issue 35094, dated 4th March 1941
  - The 2nd Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 35157, dated 9th May 1941
  - The 3rd Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 35282, dated 23rd September 1941
  - The 4th Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 35519, dated 10th April 1942
  - The 2nd Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 35546, dated 5th May 1942
  - The 2nd Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 35863, dated 15th January 1943
  - The 2nd Supplement to the London Gazette, issue 36103, dated 23rd July 1943
  - Recommendation for Award for The Right Honourable Viscount Wavell Rank: Field... | The National Archives
  

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