General Alexander was a British military commander and field marshal who served in both World War I and World War II, and after the wars he also served as Governor-General of Canada, the 17th and last since Canadian Confederation.
Alexander was born in London to an aristocratic family, and he attended the Royal Military College in Sandhurst to train as an army officer. During World War I he received many honors and decorations, and he rose through the British military ranks quickly.
During World War 2, he had field commands in Africa, Burma, Italy, and Tunisia. He was in charge for the final Allied evacuation from Dunkirk, and he commanded the 15th Army Group for the capture of Sicily. After that capture he received his field marshal’s baton and was made Supreme Allied Commander of the Meditteranean.
In 1948, after the war, he was appointed as governor general by King George VI after being recommended by Prime Minisher of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, and he replaced the Earl of Athlone as viceroy. He was a very popular governor in Canada, and he was the last non-Canadian-born governor general before Adrienne Clarkson was appointed in 1999.
After that Canadian service he was sworn into the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, and then the British Minisher of Defence in the Cabinet of Winston Churchill. He retired in 1954 and died in 1969.
Aces High salutes General Alexander for his loyal service for the Allied cause.
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