Miles Christopher Dempsey

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British Army officer human military commander

Miles Christopher Dempsey was a senior British Army officer best known for commanding the British Second Army during the D-Day landings and subsequent campaigns in Northwest Europe in World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
Miles Christopher Dempsey canonical	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Order of Orange-Nassau NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Polonia Restituta NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the Crown (Belgium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Crown of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Dannebrog NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Phoenix (Greece) NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Star of Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the White Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ Virtuti Militari NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded	13th Infantry Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ 3rd Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ British Second Army NERFINISHED ⓘ XIII Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Military College, Sandhurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Shrewsbury School NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Dempsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Miles Christopher Dempsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Brigadier ⓘ General ⓘ Lieutenant ⓘ Lieutenant-General ⓘ Major-General ⓘ
notableFor	Commanding British Second Army during the D-Day landings ⓘ Leading British and Commonwealth forces in Northwest Europe in 1944–1945 ⓘ
notableWork	Command of British Second Army during the D-Day landings ⓘ Command of British Second Army in the Northwest Europe campaign ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Crossing of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ D-Day landings NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunkirk evacuation NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Europe campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Overlord NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander of British Second Army ⓘ
regiment	Royal Berkshire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceNumber	19115 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey → birthName → Miles Christopher Dempsey ⓘ

subject surface form: Miles Dempsey