Henry Rawlinson

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British Army officer general human military leader of World War I

Henry Rawlinson was a senior British Army general of the First World War, best known for leading Fourth Army in major Western Front offensives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader of World War I ⓘ
awardReceived Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Leopold ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Mahdist War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
employer British Army ⓘ
familyName Rawlinson ⓘ
fieldOfWork land warfare ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
genre military memoir ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
memberOf British Army general staff ⓘ
surface form: British Army General Staff
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
militaryUnit Coldstream Guards ⓘ
King's Royal Rifle Corps ⓘ
movement Western Front operations in World War I ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Courcelette ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Flers–Courcelette

Battle of Fromelles ⓘ
Battle of Neuve Chapelle ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of Pozières ⓘ
Battle of Thiepval Ridge ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
notableCommand 15th Division ⓘ
Fourth Army ⓘ
IV Corps ⓘ
VII Corps ⓘ
notableWork Command of Fourth Army on the Western Front in World War I ⓘ
memoirs of his military service ⓘ
partOf British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: British Expeditionary Force
positionHeld Commander of the British Fourth Army ⓘ
General ⓘ

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Battle of the Somme → commander → Henry Rawlinson ⓘ