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    Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, KCB, KBE, DSO & Bar, MC (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several...
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  • Sir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley, KCB, MC (29 June 1883 – 12 April 1957) was a British Army officer and supreme court judge. He was a silver medallist...
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    new British Troops in Northern Ireland (BTNI) commander, General Sir Henry Pownall, extended his planning for a German invasion to cover fifty percent...
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  • French troops swell the numbers on the beach. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall reports the problem to Churchill. When the cockleboat Renown is amongst...
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    invasion. However, following the arrival of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall as Commander-in-Chief in Northern Ireland, Carton de Wiart was told...
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    Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO (5 September 1881 – 31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British...
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    Thomas Pownall (bapt. 4 September 1722 N.S. – 25 February 1805) was a British colonial official and politician. He was governor of the Province of Massachusetts...
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    George H. Brett, U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) – Deputy Commander Lt Gen. Henry Pownall (BA) – Chief of Staff Land forces (ABDARM) Lt Gen. Hein ter Poorten...
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  • Mary remarried and Willoughby became the stepson of Lieutenant General Henry Pownall.[citation needed] Gray served with distinction during the Second World...
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  • Leighland House, Roadwater, Watchet, Somerset, a son of Sir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley KCB, MC. After their marriage, the couple was given the Lord...
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    an accident, and died after two days in a coma. The British general Henry Pownall (Gort's Chief of Staff) said: "With all respect, he's no loss to us...
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    years the house was considerably modified and enlarged by a new owner, Henry Pownall, who then sold the estate in 1850 for partial redevelopment. In 1804...
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    Director of Military Operations and Intelligence 1936–1938 Succeeded by Henry Pownall Preceded by Archibald Wavell GOC British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan...
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    Douglas Malise Graham [sl]: October 1934–September 1936 Brigadier Henry R. Pownall: September 1936–March 1938 Brigadier Sydney R. Wason: March 1938–September...
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    a new chief of staff owing to the poor health of Lieutenant-General Henry Pownall. Brooke turned down Mountbatten's initial request for either Lieutenant-General...
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    Charles Alan Pownall (October 4, 1887 – July 19, 1975) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and Governor of Guam (May 30, 1946 – September 27...
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  • Guam David Pownall (b. 1938), British playwright and author George Pownall (1755-1834), English politician in Lower Canada Henry Royds Pownall (1887-1961)...
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  • Gang (1989–93), The Bill (1990), London's Burning (1996–99), and as King Henry I in The Pillars of the Earth (2010). His stage roles include playing Stephano...
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    Malaya, Brooke-Popham handed over command to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall. Brooke-Popham's return to Britain was closely followed by the fall...
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    Knighted, September 1755; created a baronet, November 1759 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time...
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    Pownall Hall is a former country house in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. It was remodelled in 1830 as "a red sandstone Georgian house dressed up in the...
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  • son of John George Henry Pownall (1792–1880), a magistrate, landed proprietor and philanthropist, and his wife Amelia Sophia Pownall (née Waterhouse)....
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    General Gaston Billotte (coordinator of the Allied armies) and General Henry Royds Pownall, Gort's chief of staff, met for a military conference near Mons....
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    antisemitism contributed to tensions between Hore-Belisha and Gort, with Henry Pownall, the chief of staff to the BEF in France and Belgium until the fall...
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  • Grove House was substantially rebuilt and extended by its later owners, Henry Pownall in the mid 19th century and Andrew Pears in the late 19th century. It...
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    Lord Gort and Lieutenant-General Henry Pownall study a map at GHQ in the Chateau at Habarcq, 26 November 1939....
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    Charles Armand Powlett Brigadier Frank Hugh Swanwick Pownall Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall Brigadier Oliver Gartside Pratt MBE General Sir Thomas...
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    Military offices Preceded by Sir Henry Pownall Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1941–1945 Succeeded by Sir Frank Simpson New title High Commissioner...
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    troops at Imphal. Mountbatten's Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Henry Pownall, wrote that Giffard had shown no initiative at all. Giffard was notified...
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    Maurice Chilton. Templer's instructors there included Bernard Paget, Henry Pownall and Bernard Montgomery. Due to the Royal Irish Fusiliers being reduced...
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