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William Riddell Birdwood, 1. Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO war ein britischer Feldmarschall. Er wurde bekannt als Befehlshaber des Australian and New Zealand Army Corps während des Ersten Weltkriegs und war von 1925 bis 1930 Oberbefehlshaber in Indien.
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 .
- Birdy
- Field Marshal
- 1883–1930
- British Indian Army
William Riddell Birdwood (1865-1951), 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes, field marshal, was born on 13 September 1865 at Kirkee, India, second son of Herbert Mills Birdwood, under-secretary to the government of Bombay, and Edith Marion, daughter of Surgeon Major E. G. H. Impey of the Bombay Horse Artillery.
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William Birdwood, 1. Baron Birdwood Wappen der Barone Birdwood. Baron Birdwood, of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon, war ein erblicher britischer Adelstitel in der Peerage of the United Kingdom. Geschichte des Titels. Der Titel wurde am 25. Januar 1938 für den britischen Feldmarschall Sir
Baron Birdwood, of Anzac and of Totnes in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 January 1938 for Sir William Birdwood, 1st Baronet. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915.
- 25 January 1938
- William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
- Baronet, of Anzac and Totnes
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO. Born: 13 September 1865. Khadki, Maharashtra. India. Died: 17 May 1951. London. United Kingdom. Occupation: Education: Clifton College, Bristol, United Kingdom. Fate: Survived World War I. Highest rank: Field Marshal. Enlistment:
William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was commander of the new Australian and New Zealand contingents (ANZACs) in the Great War 1914. As a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath he has a stall plate in the chapel of that Order in Westminster Abbey.
