Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander

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British Army officer Governor General of Canada field marshal human military commander

Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander was a British Army field marshal and senior Allied commander in World War II who later served as Governor General of Canada.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → Governor General of Canada → field marshal → human → military commander →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
alsoKnownAs	Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Legion of Merit → Military Cross → Order of Merit → Order of Suvorov → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter → Victoria Cross (as commander, not recipient)? →
birthDate	1891-12-10 →
birthPlace	London → United Kingdom →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1969-06-16 →
deathPlace	Berkshire → England → Slough →
education	Harrow School → Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
familyName	Alexander →
father	James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon →
fullName	Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander →
givenName	George → Harold → Leofric → Rupert →
honorificPrefix	Field Marshal → The Right Honourable →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryUnit	Irish Guards →
monarchDuringOffice	George VI →
mother	Lady Elizabeth Graham-Toler →
nationality	British →
nobleTitle	1st Earl Alexander of Tunis →
notableCommand	15th Army Group → 1st Infantry Division → Allied Armies in Italy → British First Army → I Corps →
notableWork	Leadership in the Italian Campaign → Leadership in the North African Campaign →
officeEnd	1952-02-28 →
officeStart	1946-04-12 →
placeOfBurial	Ridge, Hertfordshire →
positionHeld	Commander 15th Army Group → Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → Commander-in-Chief Middle East → Governor General of Canada → Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom → Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre →
predecessor	The Earl of Athlone →
rank	Field Marshal → General → Lieutenant General → Major General →
religion	Anglicanism →
serviceEnd	1948 →
serviceStart	1911 →
spouse	Margaret Diana Bingham →
successor	Vincent Massey →
theatreOfOperations	Battle of France → Dunkirk evacuation → Italian Campaign → North African Campaign →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harold Alexander → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander →	fullName