Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson

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British Army officer field marshal human military commander

Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson was a senior British Army officer of the World Wars, best known for commanding Allied forces in the Mediterranean and Middle East and later serving as Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean theatre during World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson canonical	2
Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson	1
General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Eton College ⓘ Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ surface form: Royal Military College Sandhurst
familyName	Wilson ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Field Marshal ⓘ Sir ⓘ
honorificSuffix	DCB ⓘ DSO ⓘ GCB ⓘ GCMG ⓘ
middleName	Maitland ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	field marshal ⓘ general ⓘ
notableFor	commanding Allied forces in the Mediterranean and Middle East during World War II ⓘ serving as Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre in World War II ⓘ
notableWork	command of Allied forces in the Greek campaign of 1941 ⓘ command of Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre in World War II ⓘ command of Middle East Command in World War II ⓘ leadership of Allied operations in Italy as Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean ⓘ planning and oversight of the Dodecanese Campaign ⓘ
occupation	military leader ⓘ soldier ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission to the United States ⓘ Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Commander Allied Forces in the Mediterranean Commander of the British Expeditionary Force to Greece ⓘ Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ surface form: General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan ⓘ General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command ⓘ Governor of Gibraltar ⓘ Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre
serviceNumber	British Army officer service (number not specified) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Middle East Command → notableCommander → Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Ninth Army → notableCommander → Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson

St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chilton → notableBurial → Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson

Joyce Wallace → spouseNameTitle → Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ