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...Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, formerly Chief of the Imperial General Staff, now Governor of Bombay-the same...
...White House, visitors streamed in & out through the day and late into the night. With Churchill had come his Minister of Supply, Lord Beaverbrook, and 82 other civilian and military aides. There was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound. Britain's First Sea Lord; General Sir John Dill, retiring Chief of Staff of the British Army; Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal...
Dublin-born Archie Nye is a virtual stranger to the British public, but General Dill refers to him as an officer "whom I have long marked out for rapid advance," and Winston Churchill is said to be equally interested...
...sweeping High Command shakeup, hailed by a jubilant press as a sure sign that "fighting days are here again," General Sir John Greer Dill, who will reach the retirement age of 60 Christmas Day, announced his own replacement as Chief of Staff by General Sir Alan Francis ("Wizard") Brooke, 58, Commander in Chief of Home Forces and mechanized-warfare specialist. But popular Wizard Brooke will also reach retirement age in 20 months. Named Vice Chief was the ranker, Major General Archibald Nye, who is only...
Married. Britain's General Sir John Dill, 59, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; and Nancy Furlong, 35, ambulance driver in the Battle of France, widow of Brigadier General Denis Furlong, killed on duty in England last year; in London...