Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1883-1950, 1st Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India

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1917 chief of the Imperial General's Staff's personal liason officer to General Sir Edmund Allenby; 1918 brigadier-general; 1930 command, 6th brigade at Blackdown; 1935 command, 2nd division at Aldershot; 1937 command, southern division in Palestine and Transjordan; 1941-1943 Commander-in-chief of India; 1943 Field Marshall; 1943-1947 Viceroy of India

Honours: 1915 MC; 1919 CMG; 1935 CB; 1939 KCB; 1941 GCB; 1943 GCSI; 1943 GCIE.

Epithet: Viceroy of India

Title: 1st Earl Wavell

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referencedIn	Accounts of British rule in India, in particular of the Bihar Earthquake 1934 with copy photographs of earthquake damage, and Calcutta and Bengal 1939-48, by Margaret Stavridi, wife of A G Stavridi, East Indian Railway engineer; also printed account ..., 1934-1948	British Library
creatorOf	Archibald Percival Wavell papers., 1943-1947	British Library
creatorOf	Archibald Percival Wavell papers., 1949	British Library
referencedIn	Charles Forrester papers., 1944-1947	British Library
creatorOf	COCKERELL PAPERS. Vol. CXXXVII (ff. 164). Wavell, 1st Earl and Countess, 1935-1958, and 2nd Earl, 1944-1953.includes:ff. 1-136 Field-Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell: Correspondence with S. C. Cockerell: 1935-1949.f. 32 Reverend..., 1935-1958	British Library
referencedIn	Courtenay Parker Bramble papers., 1922-1946	British Library
creatorOf	CUNNINGHAM PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 87). 1. ff. 1-66. Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Morton Forbes; 1938-1940. 2. ff. 67-87b. Despatch, etc., of Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell; 1941. Mostly typewritten. At the end (ff. 87-87b) is..., 1938-1941	British Library
referencedIn	Demi-official correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79) as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (SEAC). [Handlist available on request]., 1943-1946	British Library
creatorOf	DUFF PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 102). 1. f. 1. Letter from Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister; 25 Sept. 1916. Autograph. 2. ff. 2-72. Letters from Sir James Matthew Barrie, playwright and novelist; 1913-1935, n.d. Autograph.3. ff. 73-78. Letters from Si..., 1879-1959	British Library
referencedIn	Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence papers., 1931-1946	British Library

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