John Dill Military person
Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, GCB, CMG, DSO (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a British commander in the First and Second World World Wars. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently in Washington, as Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission and then Senior British Representative on the Combined Chiefs of Staff, played a significant role during the Second World War in the formation of the "special relationship" between the United Kingdom and the United States.
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| allegiance | United Kingdom |
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| military command | Director of Military Operations and Intelligence War Office (22 January 1934 – 31 August 1936) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Aldershot Command (12 October 1937 – 2 September 1939) I Corps (3 September 1939 – 22 April 1940) Staff College Camberley (8 January 1931 – 21 January 1934) British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (8 September 1936 – 19 September 1937) Chief of the Imperial General Staff (27 May 1940 – 25 December 1941) |
| military unit | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment |
| service start | 1901 |
| service end | 1944 |