Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese

GPTKB entity

Properties (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Lieutenant General
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Dispatches
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-06-06
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._George's_Church,_Crowhurst
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Eighth_Army
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathDate 1978-01-22
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese
gptkbp:influenced British_military_strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Field_Marshal_Sir_William_Slim
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership_in_North_Africa
Leadership_in_Italy
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:British_Indian_Army
gptkb:Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment
gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname Olly
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:British_8th_Army
14th Army
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Bristol,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Hastings,_England
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:rank Lieutenant General
gptkbp:role Military Commander
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Burma_Campaign
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Somme
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Normandy
Operation Overlord
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Arnhem
Operation Charnwood
Operation Epsom
Operation Plunder
Operation Veritable
Operation Totalize
Operation Tractable
Operation Lightfoot
Operation Pheasant
Operation_Spring.
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1910-1945
gptkbp:spouse Lady_Leese
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Sir_Richard_McCreery