Alexander Wardrop

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General Sir Alexander Ernest Wardrop GCB CMG (15 September 1872 – 22 June 1961) was a British Army General who rose to high rank in the 1930s.[1]

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Sir Alexander Wardrop
Born15 September 1872
Bombay, British India
Died22 June 1961(1961-06-22) (aged 88)
Upham, Hampshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1892−1937
RankGeneral
UnitFirst World War
CommandsBritish Troops in Palestine
Northern Command
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Education

Wardrop was the only son of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Wardrop. He was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1]

Military career

Wardrop was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1892.[2] He served in the Great War, initially as a Brigadier in the Guards Division which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force.[2] He served in France and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in Italy in 1918.[2]

After the war he was promoted to substantive major general in June 1919[3] and served as commander, Royal Artillery for the Third Army from 1918 and then Commander of British Troops in Palestine from 1921.[2]

He became Quartermaster-General for India in 1930 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1933; he retired in 1937.[2] He lived at Upham in Hampshire.[4]

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