Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

by Keith Jeffery
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Henry Wilson was the only British field marshal ever to die in action, killed on his own doorstep in 1922 by two IRA men (one of whom had a wooden leg).

Wilson was a flamboyant, maverick Irishman, at the centre of affairs during the First World War years.

First published
2006
Publishers
Oxford University Press· Incorporated
Subjects
Great britain·Biography·Great britain·History·Military·Marshals·World war·1914-1918·Great britain

Keith Jeffery

About Keith Jeffery

Keith Jeffery, MRIA was a Northern Irish historian specializing in modern British, British Imperial, and Irish history. He obtained his BA, MA, and PhD (1978) degrees from St. John's College, Cambridge, the latter under the supervision of John Andrew Gallagher, and was Professor of British history at Queen's University Belfast....

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