Lashmer Whistler
British Army general (1898-1963) · United Kingdom · Died at 64
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Something wrong?General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler,, known as "Bolo", was a British Army officer who served in both the world wars.
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British troops escaping from Dunkirk in lifeboats. Bolo Whistler was "The man who went back".
Infantry advance during the Battle of El Alamein.
Sherman tank of the Royal Scots Greys carrying men of the 1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment during mopping up operations in Torre Annunciata, Italy, 1 October 1943.
Men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment advancing through a wheatfield during the final assault on Caen, 9 July 1944. During the preliminary bombardment, 450 Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bombers had dropped 2,500 tons on the town.
A reconnaissance patrol from the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment return to the lines during operations to capture a castle on the banks of the Maas near Geijsteren, 1 December 1944.
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery poses for a group photograph with his staff, corps and divisional commanders at Walbeck, Germany, after issuing his final orders for the Rhine Crossing, 22 March 1945. Pictured standing in the back row, third from the left, is Major General L. G. "Bolo" Whistler.Awards
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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."
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