# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-leese
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:07:58.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oliver-leese"
name: "Oliver Leese"
slug: "oliver-leese"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars. He commanded XXX Corps in North Africa and Sicily, serving under General Sir Bernard Montgomery, before going on to command the Eighth Army in the Italian Campaign throughout most of 1944."
tagline: "British Army general (1894-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lieutenant_General_Sir_Oliver_Leese%2C_commander_of_the_British_Eighth_Army_in_Italy%2C_30_April_1944._TR1759.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1894-10-27"
deathDate: "1978-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump