Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969

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1914-1918 Served in France during the First World War; 1932-1934 General Staff Officer 1st Grade, Northern Command; 1934-1938 Commander Nowshera Brigade, Northern Command, India; 1938-1940 Commander of the 1st Division; 1940 Commander of the 1st Corps; 1940-1942 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief; 1942-1943 Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; 1943-1944 Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy (15th Army Group); 1944-1945 Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre; 1946-1952 Governor-General of Canada; 1952-1954 Minister of Defence.

Epithet: Field Marshal

Title: 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

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creatorOf Ontario Agricultural College. President. (1947-1950 : Reek). Correspondence, Invitations, Memoranda, Guest Lists For Visit of Govenor-General Viscount Alexander, May 31, 1947. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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creatorOf Keyes Papers. Vol. i. Correspondence with:1. Albert I and Elisabeth, King and Queen of the Belgians (1909-1934); 1918-1941.2. Albert Victor Alexander (afterwards 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough), 1st Lord of the Admiralty (1929-1931 and 1940-1945)..., 1918-1943 British Library
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creatorOf Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969. Letter to [?]. Government House, Ottawa, Canada. 1948 Dec. 8. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Aitken, Allan, d.1959. Social and general supplementary correspondence A : 1949. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library
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creatorOf Maclean, Fitzroy, 1911-1996. Papers of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1827-1861, 1911-1966. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels. 1942 - 1945. AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA DRIVE JAPANESE FROM LAE! National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Keyes Papers, 1883-1973 British Library: Western Manuscripts
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referencedIn Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. President Eisenhower signing proclaimation for Armed Forces Day, White House, Washington, D.C. ; Arrival of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C. ; Mr. Seaton's Statement, Pentagon, Washington D.C. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. FIELD MARSHAL LORD ALEXANDER IN KOREA National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Ramsey, Lloyd B. (Lloyd Brinkley), 1918-. Lloyd B. Ramsey oral history transcript, 16-17 Apr 2004. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. NATO CONFERENCE, PARIS, FRANCE National Archives at College Park
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Pakistan, Asia
India, Asia
Bombay, India
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Birth 1891-12-10

Death 1969-06-16

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