Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
✓ Source-basedstableBritish Army officer (1880-1959)
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Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside 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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The Battle of Vimy Ridge, at which Ironside commanded 4th Canadian Division, during the First World War
Ironside presenting medals to British troops in Arkhangelsk, 1919.
Ironside in Iran in 1920
Ironside (centre) with Polish Chief of Staff General Wacław Stachiewicz (left)
Ironside (right) with Lord Gort (left) at the War Office in 1940
General Sir William Edmund Ironside, the newly appointed CIGS, pictured here at his desk sometime in 1939
The Humber Light Reconnaissance Car or "Ironside" was based on a civilian motor car chassis.Awards 9
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About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1959 · aged 79
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