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General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1896 – 1982) was a soldier in the British Army who served in both world wars. In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps. In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne Division during the invasion of Normandy and Operation Tonga in 1944. After the end of the conflict, Gale remained with the Army and eventually became the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

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  • Richard Nelson Gale
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  • General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1896 – 1982) was a soldier in the British Army who served in both world wars. In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps. In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne Division during the invasion of Normandy and Operation Tonga in 1944. After the end of the conflict, Gale remained with the Army and eventually became the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
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serviceyears
  • 1915(xsd:integer)
  • 1958(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1896-07-25(xsd:date)
Commands
Branch
  • 23(xsd:integer)
death place
  • London
Nickname
  • Windy
Name
  • Sir Richard Nelson Gale
Caption
  • --06-10
Birth Place
  • Wandsworth, London, England
Title
  • General Officer Commanding the 6th Airborne Division
  • General Officer Commanding the 1st Division
  • Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine
  • General Officer Commanding the 1st Airborne Corps
Awards
death date
  • 1982-07-29(xsd:date)
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Battles
  • World War I
  • World War II *Operation Tonga
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Years
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
  • 1944(xsd:integer)
  • 1946(xsd:integer)
  • 1952(xsd:integer)
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laterwork
  • Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II , Colonel of the Worcestershire Regiment , and Colonel-Commandant of the Parachute Regiment .
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  • General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1896 – 1982) was a soldier in the British Army who served in both world wars. In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps. In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne Division during the invasion of Normandy and Operation Tonga in 1944. After the end of the conflict, Gale remained with the Army and eventually became the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
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