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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim (1891–1970), 1st Viscount Slim, c.1945

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Slim joined Kitchener’s Army of 1914, serving in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was badly wounded at Gallipoli (1915) and again in 1917. Evacuated to India he was given the temporary rank of major in the 1st Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles and was officially transferred to the Indian Army in 1919.

During the Second World War (1939-45), Slim commanded the 10th Indian Infantry Brigade in Eritrea from 1940 to 1941 and the 10th Indian Division in Iraq and Syria in 1941. In 1942 he was sent to Burma and successfully commanded the 14th Army from October 1943. He was promoted to field marshal in 1949, served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1948 to 1952 and was Governor General of Australia from 1953 to 1960.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Field Marshal William Joseph Slim (1891–1970), 1st Viscount Slim, c.1945

Date

1990

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 101.6 x W 76.2 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1990-05-32

Acquisition method

gift from Major J. R. Allan, 1990

Work type

Painting

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