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Major Archibald John Arthur Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell, MC (11 May 1916 – 24 December 1953) was a British Army officer and peer. He was educated at Winchester College and succeeded his father as Earl Wavell and Viscount Keren of Eritrea in 1950. Wavell was killed in the Mau Mau Uprising, and the titles became extinct on his death. Military career.
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell,...
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Archibald Wavell. Archibald Percival Wavell, 1º Conde de Wavell GCB GCSI GCIE CMG MC KStJ PC ( Colchester, Essex, 5 de maio de 1883 – Westminster, Londres, 24 de maio de 1950) foi um oficial inglês de alta patente do exército britânico .
- Reino Unido
- 24 de maio de 1950 (67 anos), Londres
- Abadia de Beaulieu
- 5 de maio de 1883, Colchester
During the Second World War, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell fought a flexible and wide-ranging campaign against the Italians in North Africa. His remarkable triumph over their vastly superior forces was Britain’s first success of the war and paved the way for later victories.
Archibald Wavell: Hero and Scapegoat. British Army Field Marshal Archibald Wavell commanded Commonwealth Troops in the Desert War and in the China-Burma-India Theater. This article appears in: August 2023
Memorial to Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, and his son, the 2nd Earl, in Winchester Cathedral. Credit: Wikimedia . CHRONOLOGY. 1883 – Archibald Percival Wavell born in Colchester (5th May). 1901 – Wavell is commissioned into the famous ‘Black Watch’. 1915 – Wounded at 2nd Ypres and marries Eugenie Marie Quirk.
One of the more underappreciated WW2 leaders, Field Marshal Archibald Wavell had accomplished much, often with very little, only to be marginalized when he could not perform miracles. by Christopher Miskimon
