# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-pownall
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:35:09.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-pownall"
name: "Henry Pownall"
slug: "henry-pownall"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, was a senior British Army officer who held several command and staff positions during the Second World War. In particular, he was chief of staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and Belgium until the battle of France in May/June 1940. He was later chief of staff to General Sir Archibald Wavell until the fall of Singapore in February 1942, and was then chief of staff to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in South East Asia in 1943–1944."
tagline: "British Lieutenant-General"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Royds_Pownall.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1887-11-19"
deathDate: "1961-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.216956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Henry Royds Pownall"
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    title: "هينرى پونال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Royds Pownall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Pownall"
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    title: "הנרי פאונול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Royds Pownall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Royds Pownall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump