Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was... 64 KB (7,437 words) - 15:16, 23 April 2024 |
Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, OBE, DL, FRGS (20 July 1927 – 12 January 2019), was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one... 9 KB (552 words) - 18:56, 10 February 2024 |
forces during the Second World War by the British Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and published in the UK by Cassell in 1956. It was published... 4 KB (429 words) - 06:03, 18 August 2023 |
William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, PC, QC (10 August 1893 – 3 February 1961), was a British politician. He was a long-serving... 21 KB (1,141 words) - 18:11, 2 May 2024 |
Oliver Leese (redirect from Oliver William Hargreaves Leese) staffs differed and the newcomers were resented. As Lieutenant General William Slim, who commanded ALFSEA's Fourteenth Army, expressed it in his memoirs... 26 KB (2,879 words) - 01:36, 3 January 2024 |
Australian peers and baronets (section Viscount) Menzies, Sir William and Lady Slim received Australian pensions and passports. In 1960 Slim was raised to the peerage, taking the title Viscount Slim, of Yarralumla... 35 KB (4,320 words) - 01:09, 24 April 2024 |
highly regarded by his superiors, among them being Field Marshal Sir William Slim, who is perhaps most famous as being the commander of the British Fourteenth... 20 KB (2,306 words) - 11:43, 18 March 2024 |
Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, and Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British military commander in Burma during the Second World... 28 KB (2,929 words) - 13:21, 30 April 2024 |