Claude Auchinleck
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 44 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 21,1884 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Aldershot |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | March 23,1981 |
| Died | Marrakesh |
| Morocco | |
| Service/branch | British Indian Army |
| Battles and wars | World War I |
| Mesopotamian campaign | |
| Job | Army officer |
| Awards | Croix de Guerre |
| Virtuti Militari | |
| Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945 | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 475746 |
Claude Auchinleck Life story
Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE was a British Army commander during the Second World War. He was a career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, where he rose to become Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army by early 1941.