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This category is senior British military leaders such as generals, admirals and air marshals who served during World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he fought in the Second World War with a longbow , a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword , and a set of bagpipes .
Frederick J. Walker, World War II British ASW destroyer task force commander [59] "Jorrocks" – Brian Horrocks, World War II British corps commander "Judge" – Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy admiral [60] "Jumbo" – H. M. Wilson, World War II British Army general. [61] "Jumpin' Jim" – James M. Gavin, U.S. paratroop general
The British army began the war with a paper force of 900,000 men 232,000 active regulars, 185,000 regular reserves, 34,000 in the militia, 428,000 in the territorial army and 21,000 in the territorial army reserve however of the many non active regular formations a total manpower amount of 480,000 was available in September 1939 thus the actual ...
British Army personnel of World War II (11 C, 4,093 P) British military leaders of World War II (6 C, 1 P) British Waffen-SS personnel (1 C, 1 P)
British field marshals of World War II (8 P) Pages in category "British Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 369 total.
The size of the British Army peaked in June 1945, at 2.9 million men. By the end of the Second World War some three million people had served. [13] [7] In 1944, the United Kingdom was facing severe manpower shortages. By May 1944, it was estimated that the British Army's strength in December 1944 would be 100,000 less than it was at the end of ...