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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, [1] was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia . Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action three times.
Gules semy of Swords erect Argent a Lion rampant Or on a Canton quarterly Azure and also Argent a Mullet of seven points Gold. Creation date. 15 July 1960. Created by. Queen Elizabeth II. Peerage. Peerage of the United Kingdom. First holder. William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim.
Defeat into Victory is an account of the retaking of Burma by Allied forces during the Second World War by the British Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and published in the UK by Cassell in 1956. It was published in the United States as Defeat into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942–1945 by David McKay of New York ...
Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, OBE, DL, FRGS (20 July 1927 – 12 January 2019), was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
The statue of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim in Whitehall, London, is a work of 1988–1993 by the sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones. It is one of three memorials to British military leaders of World War II on Raleigh Green, outside the Ministry of Defence 's Main Building , the others being Oscar Nemon 's 1980 statue of Lord Montgomery and Roberts ...
The statue of Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein is located outside the Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom. It was designed by Oscar Nemon and stands alongside statues of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. Description
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge: 1914: 1927: Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher: 1928: 1930: Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone: 4 Aug 1931: 1957: Gazette Entry: vacant: 1957: 18 Jun 1964: Gazette Entry: Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim: 18 Jun 1964: 1970: Gazette Entry: Marshal of the Royal Air ...
The Viscount Slim: 1960 Mark Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim United Kingdom Rufus Slim: 105 The Viscount Head: 1960 Richard Head, 2nd Viscount Head United Kingdom Henry Head: 106 The Viscount Boyd of Merton: 1960 Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton: United Kingdom Benjamin Lennox-Boyd: 107 The Viscount Mills: 1962 Christopher Mills, 3rd ...
Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds; William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim; Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury; James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
Field Marshal Sir William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim: Escutcheon: Gules semée of swords erect argent a lion rampant or, on a canton quarterly azure and also argent a mullet of seven points or. Crest: Out of a crown vallary or a peacock in its pride proper gorged with a collar and with a line reflexed over the back or.