Tour Scotland video of the Earl Wavell Gate at
Balhousie Castle in
Perth,
Perthshire,
Scotland. The wrought iron gate in garden, in memory of Field Marshal Earl Wavell showing coronet and monogram. Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB GCSI GCIE KStJ CMG MC PC, born 5 May 1883, died 24 May 1950, was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the Great War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. He served in the Second World War, initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italians in western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by the German Army in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947.
Tour Scotland photograph of the Earl Wavell Gate at
Balhousie Castle in
Perth,
Perthshire,
Scotland.
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