Edward Spears
British Army general (1886-1974) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 87
Major-General Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and politician. He served as a liaison officer between British and French forces during both World Wars. From 1917 to 1920, he was head of the British Military Mission in Paris, concluding the First World War as a brigadier-general.
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Old War Office Building in London. It was here that Spears worked with French counterparts developing a joint Anglo-French codebook.
Field Marshal French in Paris
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When Winston Churchill (seen here with Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher) lost his post as First Lord of the Admiralty after the failure of the Gallipoli campaign, he served on the western front. Spears escorted him during his first visit and they became friends - a relationship that would see Spears appointed WSC's special representative to de Gaulle and the Free French in the Second World War.
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Georges Clemenceau![12 Strathearn Place - the London home of Louis and May before, during and after the Second World War. The house was damaged on 15 October 1940, when a bomb fell next door.[31] The rebuilt house can just be seen.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Strathearn_Place_12-London-W2.JPG/1280px-Strathearn_Place_12-London-W2.JPG)
12 Strathearn Place - the London home of Louis and May before, during and after the Second World War. The house was damaged on 15 October 1940, when a bomb fell next door.[31] The rebuilt house can just be seen.Awards
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Between the wars, he was a Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, he resumed his role as an Anglo-French liaison officer, holding the rank of major-general.