Brigadier Orde Wingate
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Brigadier Orde Wingate was a British Army officer renowned for pioneering long-range penetration operations in Burma during World War II, notably leading the Chindits against Japanese forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orde Wingate | 3 |
| Brigadier Orde Wingate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5356254 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Brigadier Orde Wingate Context triple: [Operation Longcloth, commander, Brigadier Orde Wingate]
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David Stirling
David Stirling was a British Army officer best known for founding the Special Air Service (SAS), one of the world’s most renowned special forces units, during World War II.
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Sir Reginald Wingate
Sir Reginald Wingate was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his role as Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar (commander-in-chief) of the Egyptian Army in the early 20th century.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Jonathan M. Wainwright was a U.S. Army general in World War II best known for leading American and Filipino forces in the defense of the Philippines and later enduring captivity as a prisoner of war.
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Brigadier Philip Hicks
Brigadier Philip Hicks was a British Army officer best known for commanding the 1st Airlanding Brigade, a key glider-borne infantry formation of the airborne forces during the Second World War.
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E.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive was a British Olympic gold-medalist rower and left-wing intellectual who became notable for volunteering and dying as an anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brigadier Orde Wingate Target entity description: Brigadier Orde Wingate was a British Army officer renowned for pioneering long-range penetration operations in Burma during World War II, notably leading the Chindits against Japanese forces.
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A.
David Stirling
David Stirling was a British Army officer best known for founding the Special Air Service (SAS), one of the world’s most renowned special forces units, during World War II.
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B.
Sir Reginald Wingate
Sir Reginald Wingate was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his role as Governor-General of the Sudan and Sirdar (commander-in-chief) of the Egyptian Army in the early 20th century.
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C.
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Jonathan M. Wainwright was a U.S. Army general in World War II best known for leading American and Filipino forces in the defense of the Philippines and later enduring captivity as a prisoner of war.
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Brigadier Philip Hicks
Brigadier Philip Hicks was a British Army officer best known for commanding the 1st Airlanding Brigade, a key glider-borne infantry formation of the airborne forces during the Second World War.
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E.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive was a British Olympic gold-medalist rower and left-wing intellectual who became notable for volunteering and dying as an anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
DSO and two Bars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1903-02-26 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
aircraft crash
ⓘ
plane crash ⓘ |
| conflict |
Arab revolt in Palestine
NERFINISHED
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Burma Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ East African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1935 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1944-03-24 ⓘ |
| education | Royal Military Academy Woolwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wingate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Orde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | Orde Jonathan Wingate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Brigadier ⓘ |
| influenced |
air-supplied deep penetration operations
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special forces doctrine ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | Royal Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Zionism ⓘ |
| nickname | Lawrence of Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommand |
77th Indian Infantry Brigade
NERFINISHED
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Chindits NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Night Squads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading Chindit operations behind Japanese lines in Burma
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pioneering long-range penetration tactics ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of long-range penetration operations ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
British India
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Naini Tal NERFINISHED ⓘ Nainital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bishnupur
NERFINISHED
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India ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | British Army officer service number (exact number not widely cited) ⓘ |
| spouse | Lorna Moncrieff Paterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Burma
NERFINISHED
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Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfServiceStart | 1923 ⓘ |
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Subject: Brigadier Orde Wingate Description of subject: Brigadier Orde Wingate was a British Army officer renowned for pioneering long-range penetration operations in Burma during World War II, notably leading the Chindits against Japanese forces.
Referenced by (4)
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