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Auchinleck, Sir Claude (1884-1981), a British field marshal, served in Egypt and Mesopotamia during World War I (1914-1918). See more »
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Alexander of Tunis, Earl
Alexander of Tunis, Earl (1891-1969), was a British military leader and statesman and the last British-born governor general of Canada.
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Auchinleck, Sir Claude (1884-1981), a British field marshal, served in Egypt and Mesopotamia during World War I (1914-1918).
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Bader, Sir Douglas (1910-1982), was one of the leading British airmen in the World War II Battle of Britain (1940) (see Britain, Battle of).
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Cheshire, Leonard (1917-1992), was a leading British bomber pilot during World War II (1939-1945).
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Churchill, Odette (1912-1995), was a French-born British agent during World War II (1939-1945).
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Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965), became one of the greatest statesmen in world history.
See more »Douglas of Kirtleside, Lord
Douglas of Kirtleside, Lord (1893-1969), William Sholto Douglas, one of the United Kingdom's air commanders during World War II (1939-1945), was chairman of British European Airways (now British Airways) from 1949 until 1964.
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Dowding, Lord (1882-1970), Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, led the British Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) to victory in the Battle of Britain of World War II (1939-1945) in 1940.
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Harris, Sir Arthur (1892-1984), was an English commander in chief of the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command from 1942 until 1945.
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Hore-Belisha, Lord (1893-1957), Leslie Hore-Belisha, Baron Hore-Belisha of Devonport, became British secretary for war shortly before the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945).
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Montgomery, mont GUHM uh ree or mont GUHM ree, Bernard Law (1887-1976), was a British Army commander in World War II.
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Mountbatten, Louis (1900-1979), a member of the royal family of the United Kingdom, distinguished himself as a military leader and as the last viceroy (ruler) of the British colony of India.
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Slim, Sir William (1891-1970), was a British army commander in World War II (1939-1945) and governor general of Australia from 1953 to 1960.
See more »Tedder, Arthur William
Tedder, Arthur William (1890-1967), Baron Tedder of Glenguin, became a marshal of the Royal Air Force of Britain in 1945.
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Wavell, WAY vuhl, Archibald Percival (1883-1950), was a British soldier and statesman.
See more »Wingate, Orde Charles
Wingate, Orde Charles (1903-1944), a major general in the British Army, organized the Chindits, the "long-range penetration force" that fought behind the Japanese lines in Burma (now Myanmar) during World War II (1939-1945).
See more »Woolton, Lord
Woolton, Lord (1883-1964), was the food minister for the United Kingdom during World War II (1939-1945).
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