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    Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO (12 December 1888 – 28 April 1978) was a senior British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria...
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  • Neame is a surname which may refer to: Basil Neame (1921–2010), English fruit grower Christopher Neame (born 1947), English actor Christopher Neame (writer/producer)...
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    Sir Richard O'Connor, The 6th Earl of Ranfurly and Lieutenant-General Philip Neame, VC. In letters to his wife, Lord Ranfurly described Carton de Wiart...
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    Lieutenant-General Philip Neame VC took over CYRCOM and predicted that many of the tanks would break down as soon as they moved. (Neame also discovered that...
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    under Erwin Rommel during Operation Sonnenblume, Lieutenant General Philip Neame, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Cyrenaica, was captured during Rommel's...
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    Sanders Rowing Men's coxless four July 17  Gold Cyril Mackworth-Praed, Philip Neame, Herbert Perry, Allen Whitty Shooting Men's 100 m team running deer,...
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  • after, Ranfurly, who had been appointed as ADC to Lt. Gen. Philip Neame, was captured with Neame in the Cyrenaica desert between Derna and Mechili on 6 April...
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    April Wavell came forward to review matters with Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame, by now the commander of British and Commonwealth troops in Cyrenaica...
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    which had become the XIII Corps) as adviser to Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, the commander of HQ Cyrenaica Command (the successor to XIII Corps)...
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    Adrian Carton de Wiart, Brigadier James Hargest, Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor. All were subsequently transferred...
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    Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan February–June 1940 Succeeded by Philip Neame New command GOC West Africa Command 1940–1943 Succeeded by Francis Nosworthy...
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  • Company. pp. 195–222. (Book of his WW2 prisoner-of-war experiences). Neame, Philip (1947). Playing with Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier. London:...
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    Hargest, p.55. Hargest, p.131. Neame, p.292. Neame, pp.283–284. Neame, p.284. Neame, p.294. Neame, p.295. Neame, p.310. Neame, p.303. Carton de Wiart, p.187...
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  • Infantry Regiment had withdrawn due to the heavy bombardment. As Major Philip Neame's D Coy started to consolidate their position, the Argentine 7th Regiment...
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    Governor and GOC-in-C of Cyrenica February 1941 Succeeded by Philip Neame Preceded by Philip Neame GOC British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan May–October...
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    Michael Joseph. OCLC 35249959. Neame, Philip (1947). Playing with Strife, The Autobiography of a Soldier, Lt-Gen. Sir Philip Neame, V.C., K.B.E., C.B., D.S...
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    now commanded by Erwin Rommel, counterattacked. Lieutenant-General Philip Neame, the commander in Cyrenaica, was captured during Rommel's advance. 13th...
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    Men's 100 metre running deer, double shots  Gold Cyril Mackworth-Praed Philip Neame Herbert Perry Allen Whitty 1924 Paris Shooting Men's 100 metre team running...
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  • Battery, who fired about 1,000 rounds mostly in the night action.Major Philip Neame along with his D Company examined the forward Argentine platoon positions...
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    commander of XIII Corps (now HQ Cyrenaica Command) Lieutenant-General Philip Neame, O'Connor and Major-General Michael Gambier-Parry, commander of the 2nd...
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  • Kolho 1924 Paris details  Great Britain (GBR) Cyril Mackworth-Praed Philip Neame Herbert Perry Allen Whitty  Norway (NOR) Einar Liberg Ole Lilloe-Olsen...
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    1934–1938: Major-General Arthur A. Goschen 1938–1939: Major-General Philip Neame Notable teachers at Woolwich include (in alphabetical order by surname):...
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  • Islands (1940–1945) Charles Gage Stuart, Lieutenant governor (1945) Philip Neame, Lieutenant governor (1945–1953) Thomas Elmhirst, Lieutenant governor...
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  • Field Artillery, Le Cateau, France, 26 August 1914, aged 31 Lieutenant Philip Neame, Royal Engineers, Neuve Chapelle, France, aged 26 Lieut. Commander Edward...
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  • Ranfurly KCMG (1914–1988), Second World War ADC Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame VC, POW Captain Guy Ruggles-Brise (1914–2000), Second World War commando...
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    services in that role. When Lieutenant Generals Richard O'Connor and Philip Neame were captured in April 1941, Harding took temporary command of the WDF...
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    Messines Ridge, Belgium James McPhie, 1918, Aubencheul-au-Bac, France Philip Neame, 1914, Neuve Chapelle, France John Perie, 1855, Sevastopol, Crimea Claud...
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    Lieutenant-General Philip Neame took over Cyrcom and predicted that the armoured division would lose many tanks through breakdowns if it had to move far. Neame asked...
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  • military government there until he was relieved by Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, the first post-war Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in August 1945. In...
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    Australian Division to Greece. Wavell had replaced O'Connor with General Sir Philip Neame, who had no experience of desert warfare. The new GOC of the 2nd British...
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