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Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener.
William Riddell Birdwood ( 13 septembre 1865 - 17 mai 1951 ), 1er baron Birdwood, est un officier britannique. Jeunesse et débuts militaires. Né à Kirkee (en), en Inde, Birdwood fut élève au Clifton College de Bristol .
William Birdwood. Source : Wikimedia Commons - libre de droits. William Ridell Birdwood est né à Kirkee, en Inde, le 13 septembre 1865. Après des études au Clifton College de Bristol et au Collège militaire royal de Standhurts, il débute sa carrière dans les Royal Scots Fusiliers, en 1883.
William Riddell Birdwood (1865-1951), 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes, field marshal, was born on 13 September 1865 at Kirkee, India, second son of Herbert Mills Birdwood, under-secretary to the government of Bombay, and Edith Marion, daughter of Surgeon Major E. G. H. Impey of the Bombay Horse Artillery.
Lieutenant General William Birdwood was a senior officer in Britain's pre-1914 Indian Army. In December 1914, he was appointed to the command of the Australian and New Zealand forces then assembling in Egypt.
Il y a 3 jours · Described by Charles Bean as "short and dapper in figure, a vigorous, brave, upright and understanding leader of fighting men", William Birdwood commanded the Australian Corps for much of the First World War. He was born on 13 September 1865 in India and was educated in England.
31 oct. 2019 · Learn about William Birdwood, the British officer who led the ANZAC corps on Gallipoli in 1915. See his tunic, his plan for the landing, and his legacy as a popular and respected commander.
