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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.
The Right Honourable Field Marshal Sir William Slim KG GCB GCMG GCVO GBE DSO MC KStJ, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston, was a senior army officer, governor-general and author. A school teacher during his formative years, he enjoyed visiting schools and talking to pupils and principals alike.
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston 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.
The lower middle class boy, who had slipped into the commissioned ranks of the British Army in the emergency of 1914, and remained an officer in 1918 only by transferring to the less prestigious Indian Army, was Field Marshal Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston, Knight of the Garter.
*Slim, William, 1st Viscount Slim* (1891–1970). Soldier. Born in Bristol and brought up in Birmingham, Slim joined the army in 1914, emerging twice wounded from the war with the rank of major.
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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim,[1] was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.
