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   Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO (6 May 1880 – 22 September 1959) was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War. Ironside joined the Royal Artillery in 1899, and served throughout the Second Boer War.

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   May 2, 2024 · William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (born May 6, 1880, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Sept. 22, 1959, London, Eng.) was a British field marshal. After serving in the South African War, he commanded Allied forces in World War I in northern Russia (1918) and later in northern Persia (1920).

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   IRONSIDE, WILLIAM EDMUND, Field Marshall, 1st Baron Ironside of Archangel and Ironside (b. Edinburgh, 6 May 1880; d. London, 22 September 1959), noted for his important role as commander of British forces in Persia in 1920-21. He was the second child of Surgeon-Major William Ironside, and was educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military ...

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   Edmund Ironside (c. 990 – 30 November 1016; Old English: Ēadmund, Old Norse: Játmundr, Latin: Edmundus; sometimes also known as Edmund II) was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. He was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York.

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   Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO (6 May 1880 – 22 September 1959) was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War. Quick Facts The Lord Ironside, Birth name ...

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   Ironside, FM Edmund, 1st Baron Ironside of Archangel (1880–1959) in The Oxford Companion to Military History Length: 216 words

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   • Can you list the top facts and stats about Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside? Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, GCB, CMG, DSO (6 May 1880 – 22 September 1959) was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War.

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   Why was Edmund the Unready called Ironside?

   • He was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York. Edmund's reign was marred by a war he had inherited from his father; his cognomen "Ironside" was given to him "because of his valour" in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut.

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   When did Ironside become a general?

   • An edited volume of Ironside’s Persian diary High Road to Command was published in 1972. He was knighted in 1919, promoted to full general in 1935, and to field marshall in 1940, and raised to the peerage in 1941.

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   What did Ironside do in WW1?

   • In 1918, he was given command of a brigade on the Western Front. In 1919, he was promoted to command the Allied intervention force in northern Russia. Ironside was then assigned to an Allied force occupying Turkey, and then to the British forces based in Persia in 1921.

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   May 16, 2024 · Ironside: Forenames: William Edmund: Gender: Male: Date: 1880-1959: Title: 1st Baron Ironside: Biography: ODNB link for Ironside, William Edmund (1880-1959) 1st Baron Ironside,...