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Sir William 'Wully' Robertson was the first man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed, and militarily conservative, he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa, always chary of wasting his men's lives. When the First World War broke out, he sailed with the BEF in 1914 as quartermaster-general, but was promoted to the post of...
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Sir William 'Wully' Robertson was the first man to rise from the lowliest rank of private soldier to the highest rank of Field Marshal within the British Army. Determined, strong-willed, and militarily conservative, he served ably in field and staff positions in India and South Africa, always chary of wasting his men's lives. When the First World War broke out, he sailed with the BEF in 1914 as quartermaster-general, but was promoted to the post of...
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