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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Label Occurrences
Sir Oliver Leese 5
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese canonical 3
British Army General Sir Oliver Leese 1

Statements (46)

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, England ⓘ
surface form: London
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1978-01-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Belgravia, London, England ⓘ
surface form: Belgravia, London
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
surface form: 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 Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South-East Asia
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceNumber British Army officer service (number not specified) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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

British XXX Corps → notableCommander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
30th Corps → notableCommander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
subject surface form: XXX Corps
30th Corps → commanderDuring → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
subject surface form: XXX Corps
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese – North African campaign
Leese → associatedWith → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army General Sir Oliver Leese
Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → firstCommander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Oliver Leese
Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → commander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Oliver Leese
Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → notableCommander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Oliver Leese
Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → positionHeldBy → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Oliver Leese
XV Corps (British India) → notableCommander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Oliver Leese
XXX Corps → notableCommander → Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese ⓘ