Alexander Wardrop

Sir Alexander Wardrop
Born	15 September 1872 Bombay, British India
Died	22 June 1961(1961-06-22) (aged 88) Upham, Hampshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1892−1937
Rank	General
Unit	First World War
Commands	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 (15 September 1872 – 22 June 1961) was a British Army General who rose to high rank in the 1930s.^[1]

Education

Wardrop was the only son of Maj.-Gen. Alexander Wardrop. He was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.^[1]

Military career

Wardrop was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1892.^[2] He served in the Great War, initially as a Brigadier in the Guards Division which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force.^[2] He served in France and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in Italy in 1918.^[2]

After the War he was Commander Royal Artillery for the 3rd Army from 1918 and then Commander of British Troops in Palestine from 1921.^[2] He became Quartermaster-General for India in 1930 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1933; he retired in 1937.^[2] He lived at Upham in Hampshire.^[3]

References

1. "Obituary: Gen. Sir Alexander Wardrop". The Times. 24 June 1961. p. 10.
2. Sir Alexander Ernest Wardrop Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
3. Armstrong Siddeley Motors: The Cars, the Company and the People in Definitive Detail By Bill Smith, Page 261 Veloce, 2006, ISBN 978-1-904788-36-2

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Francis Gathorne-Hardy	GOC-in-C Northern Command 1933–1937	Succeeded by Sir William Bartholomew