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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, [1] was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia . Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action three times.
Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of the Bath (GCB), Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG), Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Military Cross (MC) (August 6, 1891 – December 14, 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor ...
William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim. by Elliott & Fry bromide print, 20 November 1950 Purchased, 1996 Photographs Collection NPG x91605
The first to do so was Geoffrey Evans’ Slim as Military Commander (Batsford, 1969), followed by Michael Calvert’s thin volume entitled, merely, Slim (Ballantine, 1973). This was then followed by Ronald Lewin’s superb biography, Slim, The Standard Bearer (Leo Cooper, 1976), which won the W.H. Smith Literary Award that same year. My book ...
Apr 27, 2022 · William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG GCB GCMG GCVO GBE DSO MC. Birthdate: August 06, 1891. Death: December 14, 1970 (79) Immediate Family: Son of John Slim and Charlotte Slim. Husband of Aileen Slim, Viscountess Slim, DStJ. Father of John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, OBE.
- August 06, 1891
- Michael Lawrence Rhodes
- December 14, 1970 (79)
- British Field Marshal, Burma Campaign
Aug 2, 2024 · William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston (born Aug. 6, 1891, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Dec. 14, 1970, London) was a British field marshal and chief of the Imperial General Staff who turned back an attempted Japanese invasion of India and defeated the Japanese armies in Burma (Myanmar) during World War II.
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William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim. by Bassano Ltd half-plate glass negative, 3 August 1945 Given by John Morton Morris, 2004 Photographs Collection NPG x127627.
