General Sir Edmund Ironside

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General Sir Edmund Ironside was a senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Imperial General Staff who played a key role in organizing Britain’s defenses during the early stages of the Second World War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
General Sir Edmund Ironside canonical 2
William Edmund Ironside 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
Chief of the Imperial General Staff ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
birthDate 1880-04-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
commanded Eastern Command (British Army) ⓘ
Home Forces (United Kingdom) ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1959-09-22 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ⓘ
Tonbridge School ⓘ
familyName Ironside ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre military strategy ⓘ
givenName Edmund ⓘ
hasChild Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Ironside
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
memberOf Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
nickname Tiny ⓘ
notableFor planning of British home defense against possible German invasion in 1940 ⓘ
service as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1939–1940 ⓘ
notableWork Organization of Britain’s home defenses in 1940 ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
partOf Imperial General Staff ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the Imperial General Staff ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
role organized Britain’s defenses during the early stages of the Second World War ⓘ
serviceEnd 1940 ⓘ
serviceStart 1899 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Home Guard (United Kingdom) → commander → General Sir Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces → officeHolder → General Sir Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Invasion of the Low Countries → commander → William Edmund Ironside ⓘ
linked to: General Sir Edmund Ironside