Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was...
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plc. William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891–1970) John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim (1927–2019) Mark William Rawdon Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim (b...
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Nancy "Slim" Keith, Lady Keith of Castleacre (born Mary Raye Gross; July 15, 1917 – April 16, 1990) was an American socialite and fashion icon during the...
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II: China-Burma-India. Time-Life. ISBN 0809424843. LCCN 78003819. Slim, William Slim, Viscount (1972). Defeat into victory (Unabridged ed.). London: Cassell...
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the 1908 Olympics William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891–1970), British field marshal and thirteenth Governor-General of Australia Slim (nickname) Salim...
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most of the Army's existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant-General William Slim. Before World War II the British Indian Army had been divided into regional...
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Look up slim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slim or SLIM may refer to: Viscount Slim, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Slim (name), a...
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as a crossbencher. The son of Aileen (née Robertson) and William Slim (later 1st Viscount Slim), he was born in Quetta in British India and was educated...
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forces during the Second World War by the British Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and published in the UK by Cassell in 1956. It was published...
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Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo...
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corps was in turn part of the Fourteenth Army under Lieutenant General William Slim. Because the Allies were planning to take the offensive themselves, the...
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a nearby river, Sungai Slim. The word Sungai means river in Malay. The river was named after an English captain, William Slim, in the 19th century. He...
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Fraser (1997), pp. 174, 485 Hamilton (1986), pp. 621, 725 "William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford...
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Tolkien (author of The Lord of the Rings), and Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British military commander in Burma during the Second World...
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Middleton Murry, English poet and author (d. 1957) 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General...
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part of the British Fourteenth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General William Slim. Over the preceding year, since the failure of an earlier offensive in...
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ability to win the war. As the British General in the Burma Campaign William Slim put it: "It was not long before Aung San found that what he meant by...
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fought with distinction in the British 14th Army under Lieutenant General William Slim and helped force the eventual Japanese retreat. Finally, following the...
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British forces off at Sittang. Lieutenant General William Slim (later Field Marshal Sir William Slim), who took command of the Burmese theatre shortly...
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Montgomery's term of office expired, Prime Minister Attlee appointed Sir William Slim from retirement with the rank of field marshal as his successor. When...
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1952. Between 1953 and 1954, he was aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Sir William Slim, governor-general of Australia. Swinton was successively promoted to...
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Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 [N.S.] – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain...
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through the organisation of supply, maintenance and training for General William Slim's Fourteenth Army played an important role in its success. He served as...
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newly formed XV Corps, commanded from 9 June 1942 by Lieutenant General William Slim, with its headquarters at Barrackpore, near Calcutta. XV Corps in turn...
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announced shortly thereafter that he had been chosen to succeed Sir William Slim as Governor-General of Australia, leading to 155 MPs voting against the...
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the Second World War, where he commanded XV Indian Corps, part of Sir William Slim's Fourteenth Army, during the Burma campaign. He then went on to have...
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Robert Moppins Jr.; August 4, 1918 – April 30, 1992), better known as Iceberg Slim, was an American former pimp who later became a writer. Beck became known...
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the 10th Indian Infantry Division under Major-General William Slim attacked central Iran. Slim directed the battle remotely via radio from India. The...
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with their faith. The memorial was inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir William Slim, then Commander of the 14th Army in Burma. The Kohima War Cemetery is...
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north of Belconnen Way and west of Eastern Valley Way, Aikman Drive and William Slim Drive (the suburbs of Belconnen, Charnwood, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey, Flynn...
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