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Future Field Marshals / Admirals of the Fleet / Marshals of the Royal Air Force
Future Field Marshals / Admirals of the Fleet / Marshals of the Royal Air Force
This Community includes those who served in the Great War and then rose to the rank of Field Marshal, Admiral of the Fleet, or Marshal of the R.A.F. later in their careers (I have deliberately included some duplicates where information is already present - because of all the decorations they received, there are a horrendous number of duplicates in this group.)
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Born 1862
Died 1935
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
More about Charles Edward Madden -
Born 1886
Died 1963
Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd K.E.O. Gurkha Rifles attached Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Colonel Royal Air Force
British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps
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More about Cyril Louis Norton Newall -
Born 1898
Died 1979
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers
More about Gerald Walter Robert Templer -
Born 1865
Died 1946
British Army Brigadier General GOC 4th (Guards) Brigade
British Army Major General GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division
British Army Lieutenant General GOC XIV Corps
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More about Frederick Rudolph Lambart -
Born 1860
Died 1933
British Army Temporary Lieutenant General Dragoons
British Army Major General Chief of the Imperial General Staff
British Army Major General Staff College, Camberley
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More about William Robert Robertson -
Born 1852
Died 1925
British Army Colonel
Royal Navy Cadet
Royal Navy Cadet
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More about The Viscount John Denton Pinkstone French -
Born 1866
Died 1948
British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery
More about George Francis Milne -
Born 1884
Died 1981
Indian Army Major 62nd Punjabis Commands and Staff
Indian Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 62nd Punjabis and Staff Mesopotamia
More about Claude John Eyre Auchinleck -
Born 1881
Died 1968
British Army Battery Serjeant Major Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps
British Army Temporary Major General Royal Flying Corps
British Army Major General Royal Lancaster Regiment
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More about John Maitland Salmond -
Born 1893
Died 1971
British Army C408 Corporal Royal Engineers
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers, Motor Cyclist Officers (Special Reserve)
British Army 28028 Corporal Royal Engineers, First Army Signal Company France, Mentioned in Despatches
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More about Charles Frederick Algernon Portal -
Born 1865
Died 1951
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
Indian Army Cavalry Officer 11th Bengal Lancers
Indian Army
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More about William Riddell Birdwood -
Born 1861
Died 1936
British Army General/Commander in Chief Egyptian Expeditionary Force
More about Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby -
Born 1877
Died 1943
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Admiral
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
More about Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound -
Born 1883
Died 1963
British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery N Battery
British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery N Battery
British Army Second Lieutenant
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More about Alan Francis Brooke -
Born 1891
Died 1969
British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards
British Army Honorary Captain (Temporary Major) Irish Guards
British Army Honorary Captain Irish Guards
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More about The Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander -
Born 1891
Died 1970
British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British Army Major General Staff Office India
Indian Army Captain 6th Gurkha Rifles
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More about William Joseph Slim -
Born 1892
Died 1984
British Army Major Royal Air Force
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major 45 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Leader R.A.F Digby
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More about Arthur Travers Harris -
Born 1881
Died 1965
British Army Major Rifle Brigade
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Rifle Brigade
More about Henry Maitland Wilson -
Born 1897
Died 1979
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force
More about John Cotesworth Slessor -
Born 1883
Died 1950
British Army Captain Royal Highlanders
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Highlanders and General Staff
More about Archibald Percival Wavell