Alexander Wardrop

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Sir Alexander Wardrop
Born15 September 1872
Bombay, British India
Died22 June 1961(1961-06-22) (aged 88)
Upham, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankGeneral
UnitFirst World War
Commands heldBritish Troops in Palestine
Northern Command
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir Alexander Ernest Wardrop GCB CMG (15 September 1872 – 22 June 1961) was a British Army General who rose to high rank in the 1930s.[1]

Education[]

Wardrop was the only son of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Wardrop. He was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military Academy.[1]

Military career[]

Wardrop was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1892.[2] He served in the Great War, initially as a Brigadier in the Guards Division which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force.[2] He served in France and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in Italy in 1918.[2] After the War he was Commander Royal Artillery for the 3rd Army from 1918 and then Commander of British Troops in Palestine from 1921.[2] He became Quartermaster-General for India in 1930 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1933; he retired in 1937.[2] He lived at Upham in Hampshire.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary: Gen. Sir Alexander Wardrop". The Times. 24 June 1961. p. 10.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Sir Alexander Ernest Wardrop Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ Armstrong Siddeley Motors: The Cars, the Company and the People in Definitive Detail By Bill Smith, Page 261 Veloce, 2006, ISBN 978-1-904788-36-2
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Gathorne-Hardy 		GOC-in-C Northern Command
1933–1937 		Succeeded by
Sir William Bartholomew
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