Arthur Tedder

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British military commander Royal Air Force officer human

Arthur Tedder was a senior British Royal Air Force commander during World War II who served as Deputy Supreme Commander under Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Allied campaign in Western Europe.

Aliases (5)

1st Baron Tedder ×1
Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder ×1
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder ×1
Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ×1
Arthur William Tedder ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military commander → Royal Air Force officer → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre → Distinguished Service Order → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Legion of Merit → Military Cross → Order of Merit → Order of the Garter →
birthDate	1890-07-11 →
birthPlace	Glenguin, Stirlingshire, Scotland →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	John Tedder →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
deathDate	1967-06-03 →
deathPlace	Surrey, England →
educatedAt	Magdalene College, Cambridge → University of Cambridge →
familyName	Tedder →
fullName	Arthur William Tedder →
givenName	Arthur →
honorificTitle	1st Baron Tedder →
memberOf	House of Lords →
middleName	William →
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force →
militaryRank	Air Chief Marshal → Marshal of the Royal Air Force →
nobleTitle	Baron Tedder →
notableWork	coordination of air support for the Normandy landings → planning and coordination of Allied air operations in the Mediterranean theatre →
participatedIn	Allied campaign in Western Europe → Italian campaign → North African campaign →
positionHeld	Air Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Air Command → Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command → Chief of the Air Staff → Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force → Vice-Chief of the Air Staff →
servedIn	Royal Air Force → Royal Flying Corps →
serviceEnd	1951 →
serviceStart	1913 →
signed	German Instrument of Surrender (1945) →
spouse	Rosamund Tedder →
workedUnder	Dwight D. Eisenhower →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allied operations in Western Europe → Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force →	notableCommander
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces ("Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder") →	commander
John Tedder →	father
Arthur Tedder ("Arthur William Tedder") →	fullName
Tedder →	hasNotableBearer
Glenguin, Stirlingshire, Scotland →	hasNotablePersonBornHere
Arthur Tedder ("1st Baron Tedder") →	honorificTitle
German Instrument of Surrender →	signedByForAllies
Rosamund Tedder ("Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder") →	spouse
Charles Portal →	succeededBy
Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site ("Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder") →	surrenderWitnessedBy