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NAME:                      Dill, Sir John Greer
RANK:                      Field Marshal
UNIT:                      General Staff Commands and Staff
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HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    4th November 1944
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA
OTHER INFORMATION:         Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Distinguished Service Order,
                           Officier de la Legion D'Honneur, Croix de Guerre, Croix de Couronne, Croix de Guerre (Belgium), D.S.M. (U.S.A.).
                           Son of John and Jane Dill (nee Greer).
                           Of 11 Paark Street, Windsor (Probate).
                           Husband of Lady Dill (nee Charrington), of Doneraile, Co. Cork, Irish Republic.
                           Commanded British Forces in Palestine 1936-37.
                           Commander of 1st Army Corps in France 1939-40.
                           Vice-Chief of Imperial General Staff 1940.
                           A.D.C. General to H.M. King George VI 1940-41.
                           Chief of Imperial General Staff 1940-41.
                           Chief of British Joint Staff Mission to the U.S.A.
                           and Senior British Representative on the Combined Chiefs of Staff from 1941.
                           Also served in the South African and 1914-1918 Wars.