Alexander Wardrop
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Education
Wardrop was the only son of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Wardrop. He was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1]
Military career
Wardrop was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1892.[2] He served in the Great War, initially as a Brigadier in the Guards Division which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force.[2] He served in France and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in Italy in 1918.[2]
After the war he was promoted to substantive major general in June 1919[3] and served as commander, Royal Artillery for the Third Army from 1918 and then Commander of British Troops in Palestine from 1921.[2]
He became Quartermaster-General for India in 1930 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1933; he retired in 1937.[2] He lived at Upham in Hampshire.[4]
References
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