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Ironside, William Edmund, 1st Baron Ironside
Ironside, William Edmund, 1st Baron Ironside
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Date of birth:
May 6th, 1880 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date of death:
September 22nd, 1959 (Queen Alexandra Military Hospital/London, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British
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Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second Boer War (1899-1902)
Awarded on:
September 10th, 1901
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 4th, 1914
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
June 22nd, 1915
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Headquarters
,
6th Division
,
British Army
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1915
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1916
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1917
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 11th, 1917
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:
Headquarters
,
4th Canadian Division
,
British Army
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1918
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 20th, 1918
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Period:
Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
Rank:
Temporary Major-General
Unit:
Headquarters
,
Archangel Expeditionary Force
,
British Army
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1919
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 21st, 1920
Kyuokujitsu sho, 3rd Class
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
February 6th, 1922
Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, military division)
Rank:
General
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1938
Knight/Dame to the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ/DStJ)
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1939
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Field Marshal
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1941
Baron Ironside of Archangel and of Ironside in the County of Aberdeen.
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Field Marshal
Unit:
GHQ
,
Home Forces
,
British Army
Awarded on:
1946
Commander-in-Chief
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Field Marshal
Unit:
GHQ
,
Home Forces
,
British Army
Awarded on:
1946
With palm
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Field Marshal
Unit:
GHQ
,
Home Forces
,
British Army
Sources
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34639/page/4238
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29202/supplement/6117
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https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35065/page/691
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