Alexander Wardrop

Sir Alexander Wardrop
Born 1872
Died 1961
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank General
Unit First World War
Commands held British Troops in Palestine
Northern Command
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir Alexander Ernest Wardrop GCB CMG (1872–1961) was a British Army General who rose to high rank in the 1930s.

Education

He was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military Academy.

Military career

Wardrop was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1892.[1] He served in the Great War, initially as a Brigadier in the Guards Division which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force.[1] He served in France and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in Italy in 1918.[1] After the War he was Commander Royal Artillery for the 3rd Army from 1918 and then Commander of British Troops in Palestine from 1921.[1] He became Quartermaster-General for India in 1930 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1933; he retired in 1937.[1] He lived at Upham in Hampshire.[2]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Gathorne-Hardy
GOC-in-C Northern Command
19331937
Succeeded by
Sir William Bartholomew
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