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Oliver Leese
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, Oliver William Hargreaves Leese
British Army general (1894-1978)
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Vinony's link graph records 136 inbound references to Oliver Leese, and connects out to World War II, World War I and lieutenant-general.
It is catalogued under topics including 1894 births, 1978 deaths and Academics of the Staff College, Quetta.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Poems from Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oliver
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- lieutenant general
- Image
- Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese, commander of the British Eighth Army in Italy, 30 April 1944. TR1759.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oliver Leese
- date of birth
- 1894-10-27
- date of death
- 1978-01-22
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Oliver Leese
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Coldstream Guards
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- end of work period
- 1947-00-00
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