Lieutenant General Sir William Slim

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birth_date August 6, 1891
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Hampstead
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:British_14th_Army
gptkbp:death_date December 14, 1970
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant General Sir William Slim
gptkbp:influenced Military strategy in the Far East
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Field_Marshal_Sir_John_Dill
gptkbp:known_for Leadership in World War II
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkb:Captain
Second Lieutenant
gptkbp:military_service 1914–1948
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:nickname Slim
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Imphal
gptkb:Battle_of_Kohima
gptkbp:notable_command gptkb:14th_Army
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Birmingham,_England
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:Author
gptkb:House_of_Lords
Chairman of the British Red Cross Society
Governor of Australia
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Malayan_Emergency
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Slim
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Defeat_into_Victory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_42nd_Highlanders
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5