Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese

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British Army officer general human

Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for commanding corps- and army-level formations in major campaigns in North Africa and Italy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → general → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Legion of Merit → Military Cross → Order of the Crown of Italy → Order of the White Lion →
birthDate	1894-10-27 →
birthPlace	London →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
conflict	First World War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1978-01-22 →
deathPlace	Belgravia, London →
educatedAt	Eton College → Royal Military College Sandhurst →
familyName	Leese →
father	Joseph Leese →
givenName	Oliver →
hasHonorificTitle	Sir →
hasPart	service in First World War as junior officer → service in Second World War as senior commander →
memberOf	Coldstream Guards →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	General → Lieutenant-General →
nobleTitle	Baronet →
notableWork	Command of Allied Land Forces South-East Asia → Command of Eighth Army in the Italian campaign → Command of XXX Corps in the North African campaign →
occupation	military officer →
participatedIn	Battle of El Alamein → Battle of Monte Cassino → Italian campaign → North African campaign →
positionHeld	Commander of Eighth Army → Commander of XXX Corps → Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South-East Asia →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	United Kingdom →
serviceNumber	British Army officer service (number not specified) →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British XXX Corps → XXX Corps →	notableCommander
XXX Corps ("Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese – North African campaign") →	commanderDuring