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William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside

British field marshal
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Also known as: William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, of Archangel and of Ironside
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William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside of Archangel and of Ironside
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May 6, 1880, Edinburgh, Scot.
Died:
Sept. 22, 1959, London, Eng.
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William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, of Archangel and of Ironside
William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside

William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (born May 6, 1880, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Sept. 22, 1959, London, Eng.) was a British field marshal. After serving in the South African War, he commanded Allied forces in World War I in northern Russia (1918) and later in northern Persia (1920). He subsequently commanded forces in India (1928–31) and in the Middle East. At the beginning of World War II Ironside was chief of the imperial general staff (1939–40); he was promoted to field marshal in 1940 and commanded the British home defense forces.

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