Mr Hammer wrote on Apr 24
th, 2017 at 7:11pm:
For Brian (Rambo)
General Sir William Birdwood (1865-1951)
General Sir William Birdwood
Photo: General Sir William Birdwood (Australian War Memorial)
'Birdy', as he was known by the troops, was British and born in Bombay. He was a senior officer in Britain's Indian Army when he was promoted to commander of the newly-created Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) in in Egypt in December 1914.
Birdwood was in the Indian Army - a separate but subsidiary force of the British Army which had it's roots in "John Company" - the East Indian Company's army. Why not quote the whole entry about Birdwood, Hammer?
Quote:Birdwood became known as the "soul of the Anzacs"’, promoting the abbreviation as the new name for Anzac Cove, and furthering the use of the term 'Anzacs' for men who served there.
His headquarters was located close by and was often exposed to Turkish shelling. Charles Bean once wrote that "many a man lost his life within a stone's throw of the place".
Birdwood stayed close to the front lines and was regularly seen walking the trenches.
He later wrote: "I doubt if a commander was ever in closer touch with his men than I ... was compelled to be, when at Anzac on the Gallipoli Peninsula."
This behaviour won him the support of the troops, but on continuing his command of the Anzacs in France, he regularly clashed with British commander Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, who felt that Birdwood was popular at the expense of discipline.
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So, Birdwood was an outsider to the British Army, he belonged to the Indian Army. He was not popular with the British commander on the Western Front and he was succeed by whom, Hammer?