WAVELL (Earl, Archibald, 1883-1950, Field Marshal, Viceroy of India, Supreme Commander in India and Burma)

Good Magazine photo signed “Wavell F.M.” showing him seated cross legged reading a newspaper, wearing civilian clothes, 8½” x 6½”, no place, no date, laid down on card

Wavell served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. In the Second World War, he served initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italian Army in Eritrea-Abyssinia, western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by Erwin Rommel's Panzer Army Africa in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 (apart from a brief tour as Commander of American-British-Dutch-Australian Command) and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947.

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Stock No:  42177      £275

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