Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
13Records
1870–1946Date range
11Named people
2Places
Chronological records
1870
George Pollock1870
London · Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1913
John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st1913
Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1917
Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st1 January 1917
London · Warfare / Military
Public announcement of Haigs promotion to Field Marshal
1919
Henry Hughes Wilson1919
Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1932
Julian Hedworth George Byng Vimy, 1st1932
London · Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1940
Ironside Ironside, 1st1940
London · Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1941
Claude John Eyre Auchinleck1941
Warfare / Military
Appointed Commander in Chief
1942
Claude John Eyre AuchinleckJuly 1942
Tobruk · Warfare / Military
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army after the fall of Tobruk
1943
Vereker Gort, 6th1943
Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
Archibald Wavell Wavell, 1st1943
London · Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1944
Alan Francis Brooke Brooke, 1st1944
Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st1944
Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
1946
Claude John Eyre Auchinleck1946
London · Warfare / Military
Appointed Field Marshal
Names involved
Alan Francis Brooke Brooke, 1stArchibald Wavell Wavell, 1stBernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1stClaude John Eyre AuchinleckDouglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stGeorge PollockHenry Hughes WilsonIronside Ironside, 1stJohn Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1stJulian Hedworth George Byng Vimy, 1stVereker Gort, 6th
Provenance
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