Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer was born on September 11, 1898 and died on October 25, 1979. Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer would have been 81 years old at the time of death or 116 years old today.
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer was born on September 11, 1898.
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer was born on September 11, 1898.
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer died on October 25, 1979 at the age of 81.
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer died on October 25, 1979 at the age of 81.
St. Michael's, Wilsford or Wilsford-Cum-Lake, Wiltshire
Field-Marshal Sir William Slim has written: 'Defeat into victory'
Field-Marshal is an army rank above general. Field-Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery KG GCB DSO PC, usually called "Monty", and who was made Viscount Montgomery of Alamein held the rank of Field-Marshal during the second war. And so did Viscount Gort, Sir Archbold Wavell, Sir Alan Brook, Sir Harold Alexander and Sir Henry Wilson amongst others.
Sir Alexander Haig
Sir Alexander Haig
The last British field marshal was Sir Edmund Ironside, who held the rank during World War II. He was appointed in 1941 and served in various military roles before his death in 1959. Following his passing, the title of field marshal in the British Army has not been conferred on anyone, making him the last to hold that rank.
Sir Gerald Christopher Cash was the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
Sir Gerald Kaufman was born on June 21, 1930.