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17 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Richard Howe Richard Howe British admiral who won the battle of 1 June 1794 Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1726–1799
Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson Royal Navy admiral who destroyed the French fleet at the Nile Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1758–1805
Reginald Dyer Reginald Dyer British Indian Army officer who ordered troops to fire on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919 Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1864–1927
Lionel Dunsterville Lionel Charles Dunsterville British general who led Dunsterforce across Persia to defend Baku in 1918 Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1865–1946
Reginald Drax Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax A naval reformer sent to negotiate without authority Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1880–1967
Hugh Dowding Hugh Dowding Architect of integrated radar air defence Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1882–1970
Bertram Ramsay Bertram Home Ramsay The naval commander who organized the Dunkirk evacuation Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1945
Alan Brooke Alan Francis Brooke Britain's professional head of the army and Allied chief strategist Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1963
John Gort John Vereker The field marshal who chose withdrawal at Dunkirk Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1886–1946
Bernard Montgomery Bernard Law Montgomery Commander of the Allied ground forces in Normandy Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1887–1976
Trafford Leigh-Mallory Trafford Leigh-Mallory An air commander who made army cooperation central to Allied air power Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1892–1944
Keith Rodney Park Keith Rodney Park The air-defence commander at the heart of the Battle of Britain Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1892–1975
Arthur Harris Arthur Travers Harris The air commander who made strategic bombing central to total war Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1892–1984
Ronald Scobie Ronald MacKenzie Scobie The British general who commanded the Battle of Athens Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1893–1969
William Sholto Douglas William Sholto Douglas The RAF commander who turned Fighter Command from defence toward offence Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1893–1969
Edmund Myers Edmund Myers A British engineer officer drawn into Greek resistance politics Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1906–1997
Christopher Montague Woodhouse Christopher Montague Woodhouse A Greece expert at the boundary of resistance and empire Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1917–2001