Richard McCreery

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British Army general British Army officer general human military commander

Richard McCreery was a British Army general who commanded the Eighth Army in the final stages of the Italian Campaign during the Second World War.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army general → British Army officer → general → human → military commander →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Croix de guerre 1914–1918 → Croix de guerre 1939–1945 → Distinguished Service Order → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Legion of Merit → Military Cross → Order of the Crown of Italy →
conflict	First World War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
educatedAt	Eton College → Royal Military College Sandhurst →
familyName	McCreery →
fieldOfWork	armoured warfare → military strategy →
genre	military leadership →
givenName	Richard NERFINISHED →
hasGender	male →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	British Army of the Rhine → British Eighth Army →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	General →
notableFor	Leading the Eighth Army in Italy in 1944–1945 → Senior British field commander in the Mediterranean theatre in 1945 → Service as Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine after the Second World War →
notableWork	Command of the Eighth Army in the final stages of the Italian Campaign →
occupation	military officer → soldier →
partOf	Italian Campaign of the Second World War → Northwest Europe post-war occupation forces →
positionHeld	Commander of the British Eighth Army → Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine → General Officer Commanding Eighth Army →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Eighth Army → Eighth Army →	commander
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) →	notableCommander