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Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson

The Lord Wilson
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Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, Italy, 30 April 1944.
Nickname(s) Jumbo
Born (1881-09-05)5 September 1881
London, England
Died 31 December 1964(1964-12-31) (aged 83)
Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1900–1947
Rank Field Marshal
Unit Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Commands held 6th Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Division
British Troops in Egypt
British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan
Ninth Army
Persia and Iraq Command
Middle East Command
Battles/wars

Second Boer War
First World War

North-West Frontier
Second World War

Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in dispatches (5)
War Cross (Greece)
Virtuti Militari (Poland)
Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
Legion of Merit (United States)
Other work Constable of the Tower of London

Second Boer War
First World War

North-West Frontier
Second World War

Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO (5 September 1881 – 31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War on the Somme and at Passchendaele. During the Second World War he served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) British Troops in Egypt, in which role he launched Operation Compass, attacking Italian forces with considerable success, in December 1940. He went on to be Military Governor of Cyrenaica in February 1941, commanding a Commonwealth expeditionary force to Greece in April 1941 and General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan in May 1941.


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