Claude Auchinleck

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Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
field marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India ⓘ
surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Military Cross ⓘ
Order of the Nile ⓘ
birthDate 1884-06-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Surrey ⓘ
surface form: Aldershot

England ⓘ
Hampshire ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1981-03-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Marrakesh ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
Wellington College ⓘ
employer British Army ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
familyName Auchinleck ⓘ
givenName Claude ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Brigadier ⓘ
Captain ⓘ
Colonel ⓘ
Field Marshal ⓘ
General ⓘ
Lieutenant ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
Lieutenant General ⓘ
Major ⓘ
Major General ⓘ
notableWork Command of Eighth Army in North Africa ⓘ
Leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East in World War II ⓘ
Reorganization of the Indian Army during World War II ⓘ
participantIn Gallipoli Campaign air operations ⓘ
surface form: Gallipoli campaign

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian campaign

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert campaign
positionHeld Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India

Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ
General Officer Commanding, 4th Indian Division ⓘ
General Officer Commanding, Northern Command (India) ⓘ
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command (India) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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

Battle of Gazala → combatantCommander → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
North African campaign → commandedBy → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
Battle of Narvik → commander → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
8th Army → commander → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
subject surface form: Eighth Army
Operation Crusader → commander → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
Auchinleck → hasNotableBearer → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
British Indian Army → notableCommander → Claude Auchinleck ⓘ