Walter Kirke Military person

General Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke GCB CMG DSO (19 January 1877 – 2 September 1949) was the Commander in Chief of the British Home Forces during the Second World War.

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Walter Kirke
Birth dateJanuary 19, 1877
Date of deathSeptember 02, 1949

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Military person

allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
World War II
World War I
military branch
British Army
military command
5th Infantry Division
Western Command
Territorial Army
Home Guard
service start1896
service end1940

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External resources

  1. http://archive.org/stream/armylist1940grea#page/14/mode/2up