# Lashmer Whistler

> General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler,, known as "Bolo", was a British Army officer who served in both the world wars. A junior officer during the First World War, during the Second World War he achieved senior rank serving with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in North Africa and North-western Europe from 1942 to 1945. Montgomery considered that Whistler "was about the best infantry brigade commander I knew". In peacetime, his outstanding powers of leadership were shown in a series of roles in the decolonisation process, and he reached the four-star rank of a full general, without having attended the Staff College, Camberley, then considered almost essential for an officer wishing to attain high rank, and which a significant majority of the British generals of the war had attended. This, in Richard Mead's words, was, "proof that lacking a Staff College qualification was no barrier to advancement for the right man."

*British Army general (1898–1963)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1898-09-03
- **Died:** 1963-07-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Lashmer Whistler](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashmer_Whistler)
- [Lashmer Whistler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashmer_Whistler)
- [لشمر ویسلر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B1)
- [Lashmer Gordon Whistler](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashmer_Gordon_Whistler)
- [Lashmer Gordon Whistler](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashmer_Gordon_Whistler)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1890375)

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