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Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, GCB, CMG, DSO (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War.
Sir John Greer Dill (born Dec. 25, 1881, Lurgan, County Armagh, Ire.—died Nov. 4, 1944, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a British field marshal who became the British chief of staff during the early part of World War II and, from 1941 to 1944, headed the British joint staff mission to the United States. After serving in the South African War ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · John Dill was a British field marshal who served as the senior British member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff and the liaison between Churchill and Marshall. He played a key role in smoothing the way to D-Day and was honored by both countries after his death.
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Nov 11, 2018 · Field Marshal Sir John Dill was born in 1881 in what we now call Northern Ireland. He had a quintessentially British military education — including at the Royal Military College at...
Learn about the life and career of Sir John Dill, a field marshal who served as the Chief of the Imperial General Staff under Winston Churchill during World War II. Discover how Dill clashed with Churchill over strategy, especially in North Africa, and how he influenced the Allied war effort.
Nov 1, 2021 · Learn about the parallel lives and careers of George Marshall and John Dill, two senior officers who worked together in Washington, D.C., during World War II. See how they met, traveled, and trusted each other, and why Dill is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
British Field Marshal Sir John Dill (1881-1944) is the highest-ranking foreign military officer buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Knighted in 1937, Dill served in the South African War and World War I, and commanded British forces in the mandate of Palestine (now Israel) during the interwar years. When the United States entered World War ...
