Claude auchinleck sas
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Sir Claude Auchinleck GCB GCIE CSI DSO OBE
Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck GCB GCIE CSI DSO OBE was born on 21 June 1884 in Aldershot where his father's regiment was serving. He died in Marrakesh on 23 March 1981 aged 96.
The Auchinlecks were an Ulster-Scots family from County Fermanagh. His nephew, Lieutenant D H Auchinleck, served with the 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Boer War, and was killed in the Retreat from Mons 1914 with the 2nd Inniskillings.
“The Auk”, as he was affectionately known, was commissioned from Sandhurst into the Indian Army in January 1903 and later joined 62nd Punjabis. During the First World War he served with his regiment in the Middle East, Egypt, Palestine and Mesopotamia. During the Second World War he held many senior appointments in Norway, Britain, North Africa and India.
Having been relieved of command of the Middle East in 1942 he succeeded Field Marshal Wavell as Commander in Chief of the Indian Army in the following year, where he played a vital part in the organization of supply, maintenance
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Claude Auchinleck
British field marshal (1884–1981)
Field MarshalSir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck (OKH-in-LEK) GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by early 1941 during the Second World War. In July 1941 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Middle East Theatre, but after initial successes the war in North Africa turned against the British-led forces under his command and he was relieved of the post in August 1942 during the North African campaign.
In June 1943, he was once again appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, where his support through the organisation of supply, maintenance and training for General William Slim's Fourteenth Army played an important role in its success. He served as commander-in-chief, India, until the Partition in 1947, when he assumed the role of supreme commander of all British forces in Ind
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Claude Auchinleck
Claude John Eyre Auchinleck was born into a military family in 1884. He attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and passed with marks just high enough for a career in the Indian Army. In 1904, he joined the 62nd Punjabis. Auchinleck was renowned for his rapport with Indian soldiers and showed an aptitude for learning Indian languages which made him very popular among ordinary Indian soldiers. During the First World War, Auchinleck served as a captain in Egypt, defending the Suez Canal, before being stationed in Mesopotamia, where he was subsequently promoted to the rank of Brigade Major. After the end of the war, his career stalled. He attended the Imperial Defence College in 1927, and was an instructor at the Staff College in Quetta from 1930 to 1932. In 1933, he became Commander of the Peshawar Brigade, and in 1936 Deputy Chief of the General Staff in India.
Auchinleck was heavily involved in the modernization of the Indian Army and very much in favour of Indianisation, replacing British Officers with Indian officers. He was sent to England in 1940 t
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