William Birdwood 1st Baron Birdwood Military person

Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First World War as Commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, leading the landings on the peninsula and then the evacuation later in the year, before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army on the Western Front during the closing stages of the war. He went on to be General Officer Commanding the Northern Army in India in 1920 and Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1925.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 13, 1865
Birth place	India , Khadki
Date of death	May 17, 1951
Place of death	Hampton Court Palace

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award	Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order Order of the Indian Empire Order of the Star of India Order of the Tower and Sword Croix de guerre (Belgium) Distinguished Service Order Order of St Michael and St George Order of the Crown (Belgium) Order of the Rising Sun Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
military operations	Second Boer War Western Front (World War I) World War I Gallipoli Campaign
military branch	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps British Indian Army
military command	Commander-in-Chief India Northern Command India Kohat Brigade Fifth Army First Australian Imperial Force
service start	1883
service end	1930