Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre, 1884-1981
Variant names1903 second lieutenant, Indian army unattached list; 1904 joined the 62nd Punjabis; 1914-1915 served in Egypt; 1915 served in Aden; 1916-1919 served in Mesopotamia; 1917 DSO; 1919 served in Kurdistan; 1919 OBE; 1927 Imperial Defence College; 1929-1930 commanded the 1st battalion of the 1st Punjab regiment; 1930-1932 instructor, Staff College, Quetta; 1933-1936 commander of the Peshawar brigade, India; 1934 CB; 1936 CSI; 1936-1938 deputy chief, General Staff Army Headquarters, India; 1938 commander of the Meerut district, India and member of the Expert Committee on the Defence of India; 1940 general officer commanding-in-chief, Norway and general officer commanding-in-chief, Southern Command; 1940 GCIE; 1941 and 1943-1947 commander-in-chief, India; 1941-1942 commander-in-chief, Middle East; 1941-1946 aide-de-camp general to the king; 1943-1946 war member of the viceroy's Executive Council; 1945 GCB; 1946 field marshal; 1947 supreme commander in India and Pakistan.
Epithet: army officer
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0000d6
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| associatedWith | Daniel, Hawthorne, 1890- | person |
| associatedWith | Sherrod, Robert Lee, 1909- | person |
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| Burma, Asia | |||
| Jodhpur State, India | |||
| Burma, Asia | |||
| Sind, India | |||
| New Delhi, India | |||
| Malaya, Malaysia | |||
| North Africa, Africa | |||
| Hyderabad State, India | |||
| India, Asia | |||
| Middle East, Asia | |||
| India, Asia | |||
| Alwar State, India | |||
| North-West Frontier, India | |||
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India | |||
| Indonesia, Asia | |||
| Burma, Asia | |||
| Assam, India | |||
| Ledo, Assam | |||
| Delhi, India | |||
| North-West Frontier, India | |||
| United Provinces, India | |||
| Burma, Asia | |||
| Viceroy's House, New Delhi | |||
| Thailand, Asia | |||
| Junagadh State, India | |||
| Teknaaf (Advanced Coastal Force Base), Bengladesh | |||
| Pakistan, Asia | |||
| Cape Town, South Africa | |||
| North-West Frontier Province, India | |||
| Singapore, Asia | |||
| Almora, United Provinces | |||
| Bengal, India | |||
| Punjab, India | |||
| Travancore State, India | |||
| Burma, Asia | |||
| Faridkot State, India | |||
| India, Asia | |||
| Penang, Malaysia | |||
| Bihar, India | |||
| Tibet, Asia | |||
| Baluchistan, Pakistan | |||
| Bombay, India | |||
| Arakan, Burma | |||
| Orissa, India | |||
| Central Provinces and Berar, India | |||
| North-West Frontier, India | |||
| Madras, India | |||
| Dograi, Pakistan | |||
| South Eastern Asia, Asia | |||
| Waziristan, Pakistan | |||
| River Danube, Eastern Europe |
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Person
Birth 1884-06-21
Death 1981-03-23
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