Henry Maitland Wilson

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British Army officer human military commander

Henry Maitland Wilson was a senior British Army officer and field commander in both World Wars, best known for leading Allied forces in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry Maitland Wilson canonical	13
Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ military commander ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the Garter ⓘ
birthDate	1881-09-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
burialPlace	St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chilton ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
commanded	Allied forces in the Dodecanese campaign ⓘ British Troops in Egypt ⓘ British forces in Greece ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1964-12-31 ⓘ
deathPlace	Chilton, Buckinghamshire ⓘ
educatedAt	Eton College ⓘ Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
familyName	Wilson ⓘ
father	Arthur Maitland Wilson ⓘ
fullName	Henry Maitland Wilson self-link ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
honorificSuffix	1st Baron Wilson ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal ⓘ
nickname	Jumbo ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Wilson ⓘ
notableWork	command of Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre in World War II ⓘ command of Allied forces in the Middle East in World War II ⓘ
occupation	peer ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli campaign Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian campaign (World War II) North African campaign ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front in World War I
positionHeld	Chief of the Imperial General Staff (acting) ⓘ Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre
serviceNumber	British Army officer service (number not publicly notable) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Joyce Wallace ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Balkan Campaign → notableCommanderAllies → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Syrian–Lebanese campaign → commander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Dodecanese campaign → alliedCommander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Henry Maitland Wilson → fullName → Henry Maitland Wilson self-link ⓘ

Allied Force Headquarters → notableCommander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Operation Marita → opposingCommander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Jumbo → nicknameOf → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

1st Baron Wilson → name → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Baron Wilson → namedAfter → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Greek Campaign → commander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

British XII Corps → notableCommander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson

Joyce Wallace → spouse → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

Levantine campaign → hasCommander → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ

German invasion of Greece → commanderOpposing → Henry Maitland Wilson ⓘ