Major-General Allan Adair

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British Army officer World War II military personnel general human

Major-General Allan Adair was a senior British Army officer and distinguished World War II commander in the Guards, noted for leading armoured forces in Northwest Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
World War II military personnel ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
Territorial Decoration ⓘ
battle Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe Campaign

Operation Market Garden ⓘ
burialPlace United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-11-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-08-04 ⓘ
education Harrow School ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
familyName Adair ⓘ
genre military leadership ⓘ
givenName Allan ⓘ
honorificPrefix Major-General ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Household Division ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
militaryUnit Grenadier Guards ⓘ
notableFor commanding Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
leading armoured forces in Northwest Europe during World War II ⓘ
notableWork Command of Guards Armoured Division in Northwest Europe ⓘ
occupation peer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Allied advance into Germany 1945 ⓘ
The War in France and Flanders (British official history) ⓘ
surface form: British Expeditionary Force operations in France 1940
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
serviceNumber British Army officer service number (specific number not provided) ⓘ
title 6th Baron Waveney ⓘ

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Guards Armoured Division → commander → Major-General Allan Adair ⓘ