# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/archibald-wavell-1st-earl-wavell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:58:30.197Z

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name: "Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell"
slug: "archibald-wavell-1st-earl-wavell"
description: "Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. In the Second World War, he served initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italian Army in Eritrea-Abyssinia, western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by Erwin Rommel's Panzer Army Africa in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947."
tagline: "British Army general and Viceroy of India"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1883-05-05"
deathDate: "1950-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump