Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Alan Cunningham, Mark Aitchison Young, John Chancellor, Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, Harry Luke, Harold Macmichael, High Commissioners of Palestine. Excerpt: Sir Alan Cunningham item Awards: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham GCMG, KCB, DSO, MC (1 May 1887 - 30 January 1983) was a British Army officer, noted for victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War . He was the younger brother of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope . Early career and World War I Cunningham was born in Dublin, Ireland . He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy before taking a commission in the army in 1906. During World War I, he served with the Royal Horse Artillery, and was awarded a Military Cross in 1915 and the DSO in 1918. For two years after the war he served in the Straits Settlements . In 1937 Cunningham became the Commander Royal Artillery of the 1st Infantry Division. This was followed in 1938 by promotion to major-general and appointment as commander of the 5th Anti-Aircraft Division. World War II After the beginning of World War II, Cunningham held a number of short appointments commanding infantry divisions in the United Kingdom (including 66th Division) before being promoted to lieutenant-general to take command of the British East Africa Forces in Kenya . During the East African Campaign General Archibald Wavell the Commander-in-Chief of the British Middle East Command directed Cunningham to retake British Somaliland and free Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from th...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with British High Commissioners of Palestine: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer. To get started finding British High Commissioners of Palestine: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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54
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155852753
British High Commissioners of Palestine: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Alan Cunningham, Mark Aitchison Young, John Chancellor, Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, Harry Luke, Harold Macmichael, High Commissioners of Palestine. Excerpt: Sir Alan Cunningham item Awards: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham GCMG, KCB, DSO, MC (1 May 1887 - 30 January 1983) was a British Army officer, noted for victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War . He was the younger brother of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope . Early career and World War I Cunningham was born in Dublin, Ireland . He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy before taking a commission in the army in 1906. During World War I, he served with the Royal Horse Artillery, and was awarded a Military Cross in 1915 and the DSO in 1918. For two years after the war he served in the Straits Settlements . In 1937 Cunningham became the Commander Royal Artillery of the 1st Infantry Division. This was followed in 1938 by promotion to major-general and appointment as commander of the 5th Anti-Aircraft Division. World War II After the beginning of World War II, Cunningham held a number of short appointments commanding infantry divisions in the United Kingdom (including 66th Division) before being promoted to lieutenant-general to take command of the British East Africa Forces in Kenya . During the East African Campaign General Archibald Wavell the Commander-in-Chief of the British Middle East Command directed Cunningham to retake British Somaliland and free Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from th...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with British High Commissioners of Palestine: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer. To get started finding British High Commissioners of Palestine: Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Herbert Plumer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.