Lord Wavell

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British Army officer Viceroy of India colonial administrator field marshal human peer of the United Kingdom

Lord Wavell was a British field marshal and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India during the final years of the British Raj in World War II and the lead-up to Indian independence.

Aliases (8)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → Viceroy of India → colonial administrator → field marshal → human → peer of the United Kingdom →
areaOfActivity	British Raj → Middle East theatre of World War II →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Order of Merit → Order of St Michael and St George → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter →
child	Archibald John Arthur Wavell →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1883-05-05 →
dateOfDeath	1950-05-24 →
education	Royal Military College, Sandhurst → Winchester College NERFINISHED →
endTime	1947-03-21 →
familyName	Wavell →
fullName	Archibald Percival Wavell →
genre	anthology → military history →
givenName	Archibald →
honorificPrefix	Field Marshal → The Right Honourable →
honorificTitle	1st Earl Wavell →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal →
monarchDuringTerm	George VI →
notableEvent	Simla Conference of 1945 → Wavell Plan →
notableWork	Other Men’s Flowers →
officeForTerm	Viceroy and Governor-General of India →
placeOfBirth	Colchester → England → Essex NERFINISHED →
placeOfBurial	Winchester Cathedral →
placeOfDeath	England → London →
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief, India → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command → Governor-General of the Union of South Africa → Viceroy and Governor-General of India →
precededBy	The Marquess of Linlithgow →
religion	Anglicanism →
spouse	Eugenie Marie Quirk →
startTime	1943-10-20 →
succeededBy	The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Crete ("Archibald Wavell") → Dutch East Indies campaign ("Wavell") → Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ("Wavell, Archibald") → Italian invasion of Egypt ("Archibald Wavell") → Operation Battleaxe ("Archibald Wavell") → Operation Compass ("Archibald Wavell") → Operation Compass ("Archibald Wavell") →	commander
British India Command ("Archibald Wavell") → British Indian Army ("Archibald Wavell") → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ("Archibald Wavell") → Cyrenaica campaign ("Archibald Wavell") → Middle East Command ("General Sir Archibald Wavell") →	notableCommander
East African campaign ("Archibald Wavell") → Iraq campaign (1941) ("Archibald Wavell") → Middle East theatre of World War II ("Archibald Wavell") →	commandedBy
Commander-in-Chief, India ("Archibald Wavell") → Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ("General Sir Archibald Wavell") →	officeHolder
Lord Wavell ("Archibald John Arthur Wavell") →	child
ABDA Command ("Archibald Wavell") →	commanderInChief
Lord Wavell ("Wavell") →	familyName
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command ("General Sir Archibald Wavell") →	firstHolder
Lord Wavell ("Archibald Percival Wavell") →	fullName
Lord Wavell ("1st Earl Wavell") →	honorificTitle
Viceroy of India →	notableOfficeHolder
Lord Linlithgow ("The Viscount Wavell") →	successor