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Attlee, Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee

Date of birth:
January 3rd, 1883 (Putney/Surrey, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
October 8th, 1967 (Westminster/London, United Kingdom)
Buried on:
Graves Westminster Abbey
Nationality:
British

Biography

Military career:
14 March 1906: Second Lieutenant
30 September 1194: Temporary Lieutenant
?: Temporary Captain
14 March 1915: Adjutant
February 1917: Major
Discharged from the Army: January 1919.

Political career during the Second World War:
19 February 1941 - 31 May 1945: War Cabinet. Deputy Prime Minister.

16 December 1955: 1st Earl Attlee.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Deputy Prime Minister
Unit:
War Cabinet, British Government
Awarded on:
June 8th, 1945
Order of the Companions of Honour
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 23rd, 1946
Knight/Dame to the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ/DStJ)
Awarded on:
November 5th, 1951
Order of Merit
Awarded on:
April 7th, 1956
Order of the Garter
Awarded on:
April 7th, 1956
Knight (Sir/Dame)

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