Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Military Commander
1883 – 1950
Who was Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell?
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB GCSI GCIE CMG MC PC was a senior commander in the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the Great War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. He served in the Second World War, initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italians in western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by the German army in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947.
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- Born
- May 5, 1883
Colchester - Also known as
- Archibald Percival Wavell
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Winchester College
- Summer Fields School
- Died
- May 24, 1950
Westminster
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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