William Slim (1891–1970)
Forfatter af Defeat into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942–1945
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Field-Marshal Viscount William Joseph Slim (1891-1970) was a soldier for more than thirty years, starting in World War I. He was knighted in 1944, promoted to full general in 1945, and made a field-marshal in 1948.
Værker af William Slim
Defeat into Victory ... Abridged edition 2 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Slim, William Joseph
- Andre navne
- Uncle Bill
- Fødselsdato
- 1891-07-06
- Dødsdag
- 1970-12-14
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK (birth)
- Fødested
- Bishopston, England, UK
- Dødssted
- London, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Birmingham, England, UK
- Uddannelse
- St Philip's School, Birmingham, England, UK
King Edward's School, Birmingham, England, UK
Birmingham University Officers' Training Corps
Indian Staff College, Quetta, India - Erhverv
- army officer
Governor-general, Australia (1953-1960)
Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1949-1952) - Organisationer
- British Army
Indian Army
Australian Government - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of the Garter (Knight Companion, 1959)
Order of the Bath (Knight Grand Cross, 1950)
Order of St Michael and St George (Knight Grand Cross, 1952)
Royal Victorian Order (Knight Grand Cross, 1954)
Order of the British Empire (Knight Grand Cross, 1946)
Distinguished Service Order (1943) (vis alle 9)
Military Cross (1918)
Order of St John (Knight of Justice, 1953)
Peerage - Kort biografi
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_...
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- #53,001
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- 18
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