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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.
- 1936–1953
- Major
Archibald John Arthur Wavell, later 2nd Earl Wavell, b. 11 May 1916; d. 24 December 1953, killed in Kenya, in an action against Mau Mau rebels. Since he was unmarried and without issue, the titles became extinct on his death.
- 1901–1943
- Field marshal
- 4, including Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell
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.
Filho (a) (s) Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell, Lady Eugenie Pamela Wavell, Lady Felicity Ann Wavell, Lady Joan Patricia Quirk Wavell. Alma mater. Winchester College. Colégio Militar Real, Sandhurst. Summer Fields School. Staff College, Camberley. Command and Staff College.
WW2 Leaders: Field Marshal Archibald Wavell. 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. In late 1940, fortune seemed entirely against the United Kingdom.
