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Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer

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British Army general and High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1857-1932)

United KingdomPoliticiansLived 1857 to 1932 · aged 75
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Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer was a senior British Army officer who fought in the First World War, being perhaps most notable for commanding the Second Army of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918.

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The retirement of the Duke of Connaught from the Aldershot Command, 1898. Stood in the back row, second from the left, is Lieutenant Colonel Plumer.The retirement of the Duke of Connaught from the Aldershot Command, 1898. Stood in the back row, second from the left, is Lieutenant Colonel Plumer.Colonel Plumer, South African Field Force, 1901.Colonel Plumer, South African Field Force, 1901.General Plumer (left), together with General Sir Edmund Allenby (centre) and General Sir Henry Horne in conference at Camblain-Chatelain, France, c. 1916.General Plumer (left), together with General Sir Edmund Allenby (centre) and General Sir Henry Horne in conference at Camblain-Chatelain, France, c. 1916.Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (right), C-in-C BEF, Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Lawrence (centre), Haig's chief of the general staff, and General Plumer, standing on the steps of Haig's general headquarters, c. 1918.Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (right), C-in-C BEF, Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Lawrence (centre), Haig's chief of the general staff, and General Plumer, standing on the steps of Haig's general headquarters, c. 1918.Field Marshal Haig (centre front) with his senior commanders and staff officers at Cambrai, France, 11 November 1918. Stood in the front row, to Haig's right, is General Sir Herbert Plumer.Field Marshal Haig (centre front) with his senior commanders and staff officers at Cambrai, France, 11 November 1918. Stood in the front row, to Haig's right, is General Sir Herbert Plumer.Eighteen Old Etonian generals revisit Eton, May 1919. General Plumer is sat in the front row, second from the left.Eighteen Old Etonian generals revisit Eton, May 1919. General Plumer is sat in the front row, second from the left.Alessio Ascalesi, the Archbishop of Naples, with Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, and Luigi Barlassina, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, on the right, 11 August 1926Alessio Ascalesi, the Archbishop of Naples, with Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, and Luigi Barlassina, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, on the right, 11 August 1926

Awards 14

1925Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John
1924Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1918Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
1917Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
1916Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
1906Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
1901Companion of the Order of the Bath
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Order of the Rising Sun
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Service Medal

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Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of PennAlso won Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint JohnHubert GoughAlso won 1914-15 StarRobert L. EichelbergerAlso won Croix de GuerreSandy WoodwardAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireWilliam F. DeanAlso won Inter-Allied Victory MedalsTeru MiyamotoAlso won Order of the Rising Sun

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1857 to 1932 · aged 75
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