1883 - 1950
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell British Military
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| First Name |
Archibald
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| Middle Name |
Percival
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| Last Name |
Wavell
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| Full Name at Birth |
Archibald Percival Wavell
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| Alternative Name |
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, The Earl Wavell, The Right Honourable The Earl Wavell, Sir Archibald Wavell, Lord Wavell, Archibald Wavell, Viscount Keren, Viscount Keren of Eritrea and Winchester
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| Birthday |
5th May, 1883
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| Birthplace |
Colchester, Essex, England
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| Died |
24th May, 1950
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| Place of Death |
Westminster, United Kingdom
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| Build |
Slim
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Christian
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Senior officer of the British Army. Poet.
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| Occupation |
Military
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Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and World War I, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. He served in the Second World War, initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italians in western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by the German Army in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 (apart from a brief tour as Commander of ABDACOM) and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947.
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