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Wingate, Orde Charles, 1903 - 1944

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[Major General Orde Charles Wingate (1903-1944)], 1940 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/37
Scope and Contents 148 x 195 mm. Three quarter length portrait of Major General Orde Charles Wingate in bush uniform, probably taken in Burma. Wingate entered the Royal Artillery in 1923; he was attached to the Sudan Defence Force 1928-33 and served in Palestine and Trans-Jordan 1936-39. He was active behind enemy lines in Ethiopia in 1940-41 and was then selected to take charge of units to operate behind enemy lines in Burma. For this task he was promoted Temporary Brigadier General with the title of...
Dates: 1940 - 1944
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