Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson

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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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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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ