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Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander KG, GCB, GCMG, KCB, CB
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First name/s
Harold Rupert Leofric George
Last name
Alexander
Final rank
Field Marshal
Date of Birth
10/12/1891
Place of Birth
Date of Death
16/06/1969
Place of Death
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Timeline
- 10/12/1891
- London, England.
- 23/09/1911
- Appointed second lieutenant with the Irish Gaurds.
- 05/12/1912
- Promoted lieutenant.
- 1914 - 1918
- Served in First World War with the Irish Guards on the Western Front.
- 07/02/1915
- Promoted captain.
- 01/08/1917
- Promoted major.
- 14/05/1922
- Promoted lieutenant colonel.
- 1928-03-31 - 1930-01-13
- Appointed commanding officer, Regiment and Regimental District of the Irish Gaurds.
- 01/02/1928
- Promoted colonel.
- 1932-03-01 - 1934-04-13
- Appointed general staff officer first grade, North Command, East Indies.
- 1932-03-01 - 1934-04-13
- Appointed general staff officer second grade, War Office, London.
- 1936-03-07 - 1937-10-15
- Appointed aide de camp to the King.
- 02/07/1937
- Appointed colonel 3rd Battalion, 3nd Punjab Regiment.
- 16/10/1937
- Promoted major general.
- 1938-02-17 - 1940-06-07
- Appointed general officer commanding 1st Infantry Division.
- 1940-06-08 - 1940-12-14
- Appointed general officer commanding I Corps.
- 1940-12-15 - 1942-02-26
- Appointed general officer commanding in chief, Southern Command.
- 01/07/1940
- Promoted lieutenant general.
- 1942-03-05 - 1942-08-06
- Appointed general officer commanding, Burma.
- 1942-08-07 - 1943-02-18
- Appointed commander in chief, Middle East.
- 17/01/1942
- Promoted general.
- 1943-02-19 - 1944-01-16
- Appointed deputy commander in chief, Allied Forces in North Africa.
- 1943-02-19 - 1943-05-14
- Appointed commander in chief, 18th Army Group.
- 1943-07-10 - 1944-01-16
- Appointed commander in chief, 15th Army Group.
- 1944-01-17 - 1944-03-01
- Appointed general officer commanding in chief, Allied Central Mediterranean Force.
- 1944-03-02 - 1944-12-11
- Appointed deputy commander in chief, Allied Armies in Italy.
- 1944-12-12 - 1945-09-29
- Appointed supreme allied commander, Mediterranean Theatre.
- 1944-07-20 - 1946-04-04
- Appointed aide de camp general to the King.
- 04/06/1944
- Promoted field marshal.
- 1946-04-01 - 1952-01-28
- Governor-general of Canada.
- 1946-08-28 - 1969-06-16
- Appointed colonel Irish Guards.
- 10/11/1949
- Appointed honorary colonel, London Irish Rifles.
- 1951-07-01 - 1959-07-09
- Appointed honorary colonel, Oxford University Contingent, University Training Corps.
- 1952-03 - 1954-10
- Minister of Defence, United Kingdom.
- 1957-05-17 - 1965-03-31
- Appointed Her Majesty's lieutenant, County of London.
- 1960-08-01 - 1965-07-31
- Appointed constable, Her Majesty's Tower of London.
- 1965-04-01 - 1966-12-27
- Appointed Her Majesty's lieutenant, Greater London.
- 16/06/1969
- Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, England.
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