William Slim 1st Viscount Slim Politician

Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. Slim saw active service in both the First and Second world wars and was wounded in action three times. During the Second World War he led the 14th Army, the so-called "forgotten army" in the Burma campaign. After the war he became the first British officer who had served in the Indian Army to be appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff. From 1953 to 1959 he was Governor-General of Australia and is regarded by many Australians as an authentic war hero who had fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Slim William Joseph
Birth date	August 06, 1891
Birth place	England , Bristol , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Bishopston Bristol
Date of death	December 14, 1970
Place of death	England , London , United Kingdom

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awards	Legion of Merit Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order Military Cross Order of the Garter Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Order of St Michael and St George Venerable Order of Saint John
military operations	Burma Campaign East African Campaign (World War II) World War II Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II Mesopotamian campaign World War I Gallipoli Campaign Battle of Imphal Battle of Kohima Anglo-Iraqi War Syria–Lebanon Campaign Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
military command	XV Corps Chief of the Imperial General Staff 10th Indian Infantry Division 10th Indian Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn 7th Gurkha Rifles Allied Land Forces South East Asia Burma Corps Commandant of the Imperial Defence College Fourteenth Army
military rank	Field marshal
monarch	Elizabeth II
office	Governor-General of Australia
relation	John Slim 2nd Viscount Slim
service end	1914
service start	1914
successor	William Morrison 1st Viscount Dunrossil