Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, (/ˌɒxɪnˈlɛk/ OKH-in-LEK), GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian...

German and Italian units fought the British Eighth Army (General Sir Claude Auchinleck, also Commander-in-Chief Middle East) composed mainly of British Commonwealth...

control, but not operational control, was vested with Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, who was titled the 'Supreme Commander', answerable to a newly formed...

Empire and Commonwealth) forces of the Eighth Army under General Claude Auchinleck. The British prevented a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt...

to 1942. In August 1942 he was appointed as successor to General Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army but, on the way to take up his command...

only a ceremonial position, and the Commander-in-Chief, India, Sir Claude Auchinleck, replaced after independence by General Sir Rob Lockhart. The senior...

Anthony Calf as Archibald Stirling Adrian Lukis as Commander-in-Chief Claude Auchinleck Nicholas Nunn as Sergeant Peter Mitcham (series 1) Michael Shaeffer...

the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In August 1942, General Claude Auchinleck had been relieved as Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command and...

from August to October of the same year, serving under Brigadier Claude Auchinleck. Alexander had a reputation for leading from the front and for reaching...

(Manya-Nepal-Tara) Member Fifth Class (Nepal-Tara) Medal (Nepal-Tara-Padak) FM Sir Claude Auchinleck (1945) Rt Hon Sir Winston Churchill (1961) Boutros Boutros-Ghali Bhanbhagta...

Wavell and Auchinleck exchanged positions, Claude Auchinleck becoming C-in-C Middle East and Wavell becoming C-in-C in India. While Auchinleck was in command...

Cunningham. Over time the Eighth Army would be commanded by Neil Ritchie, Claude Auchinleck, Bernard Montgomery, Oliver Leese and Richard McCreery. In the early...

and 3 million civilians died in World War II. Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, former Commander-in-Chief, India, stated that Britain "couldn't have...

Battleaxe, Archibald Wavell was relieved of command and replaced by Claude Auchinleck. The Western Desert Force was reinforced with a second corps, XXX...

hands of General Sir Claude Auchinleck the GOC Middle East Command who oversaw all British-led forces in the region. Auchinleck selected Lieutenant-General...

29 June 1942, following the defeat of the Eighth Army (General Sir Claude Auchinleck) at the Battle of Gazala and was part of the Western Desert Campaign...

ten courts-martial were held in public at the Red Fort in Delhi. Claude Auchinleck, the Commander-in-Chief of the British-Indian army, hoped that by...

Commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of Southern Command, Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck. In April 1941, he became commander of XII Corps responsible for the...

Frontier and on internal security and training duties. Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 1942 asserted that the...

brevet lieutenant colonel on 1 January 1936. He encountered Brigadier Claude Auchinleck, who commanded the Peshawar Brigade in the region. On 4 December 1937...

unwilling to divert precious resources to Iraq and so it fell to Claude Auchinleck's [British] Indian Army to send troops to Basra. Winston Churchill...

who had become an emblem of resistance, were relieved in December. Claude Auchinleck, the commander-in-chief Middle East Command, had decided not to defend...

troops of the Raj, ultimately forced the then-Army Chief Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck to commute the sentences of the three defendants in the first trial...

Auchinleck is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Auchinleck may also refer to: Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), British field marshal, Commander-in-Chief...

he was recommended for command of a division by Lieutenant General Claude Auchinleck, the commander of all troops in the Norwegian campaign, on his return...

Research. 22 (90): 220–222. (Summer 1944) Warner, Philip (1982) [1981]. Auchinleck. The Lonely Soldier. London: Sphere Books. ISBN 0-7221-8905-2. Chronological...

Lukis starred in the BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes playing General Claude Auchinleck. New book unearths the Lukis legacy, Guernsey Press, 26 May 2006,...

a result of correspondences issued by the Commander–in–Chief Sir Claude Auchinleck informing officers to maintain a degree of tolerance for a smooth...

were awarded the Victoria Cross or the George Cross. Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 1942, asserted that the...

British Chiefs-of-Staff and the Commander-in-Chief, India, General Claude Auchinleck, were in favour of armed intervention, but the three local commanders...