General Sir Archibald Wavell

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Sir_Archibald_Wavell
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:award gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1883-05-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colchester,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester_College_Chapel
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:child gptkb:Archibald_Wavell,_2nd_Earl_Wavell
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:India_Command
gptkb:Middle_East_Command
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Command
gptkbp:deathDate 1950-05-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Winchester_College
gptkb:Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Archibald_Percival_Wavell
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Field_Marshal
GCB OM GCSI GCIE DSO PC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Sir Archibald Wavell
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:British_peer
military leadership in World War II
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Greece
gptkb:Burma_Campaign
gptkb:East_African_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Archibald_Graham_Wavell
gptkbp:position gptkb:British_peer
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Victor_Hope,_2nd_Marquess_of_Linlithgow
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Other_Men's_Flowers
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eugenie_Marie_Quirk
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma
gptkbp:termEnd 1947
gptkbp:termStart 1943
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Earl_Wavell
gptkb:Baron_Wavell
gptkb:Viscount_Keren
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_in_the_Mediterranean
gptkb:British_Indian_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6