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Ironside, William Edmund, 1st Baron Ironside
- Date of birth:
- May 6th, 1880 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Date of death:
- September 22nd, 1959 (Queen Alexandra Military Hospital/London, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- Second Boer War (1899-1902)
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1901
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 4th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 6th Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 4th Canadian Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1918
- Period:
- Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
- Rank:
- Temporary Major-General
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Archangel Expeditionary Force, British Army
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1920
Kyuokujitsu sho, 3rd Class
- Rank:
- Major-General
- Awarded on:
- February 6th, 1922
- Rank:
- General
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1938
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1941
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- GHQ, Home Forces, British Army
- Awarded on:
- 1946
Commander-in-Chief
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- GHQ, Home Forces, British Army
- Awarded on:
- 1946
With palm
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- GHQ, Home Forces, British Army
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