1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

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British Army officer Governor General of Canada field marshal human

1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British Army field marshal and senior Allied commander in World War II who later served as Governor General of Canada.

Aliases (2)

Earl Alexander of Tunis ×2
Viscount Alexander of Tunis ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → Governor General of Canada → field marshal → human →
allegiance	British Empire → United Kingdom →
alliedWith	Canadian Army → Free French Forces → United States Armed Forces →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Legion of Merit → Military Cross → Order of Canada → Order of Merit → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
familyName	Alexander →
givenName	Harold →
honorificPrefix	Field Marshal →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal → General → Lieutenant-General →
militaryUnit	Household Division → Irish Guards →
monarchDuringTerm	Elizabeth II → George VI →
nobleTitle	Earl Alexander of Tunis →
notableCommanderOf	15th Army Group → 18th Army Group → British First Army → Middle East Command →
notableFor	senior Allied command in the Mediterranean theatre in World War II → service as Governor General of Canada after World War II →
officeContinent	North America →
officeCountry	Canada →
positionHeld	Colonel of the Irish Guards → Governor General of Canada → Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom → Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean →
theatreOfOperations	Italian campaign → North African campaign → Tunisia campaign →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ("Earl Alexander of Tunis") → Harold Alexander ("Earl Alexander of Tunis") → Harold Alexander ("Viscount Alexander of Tunis") → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander →	nobleTitle
Harold Alexander →	honorificSuffix