Lashmer Whistler

General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler GCB, KBE, DSO amp Two Bars, DL , known as Bolo, was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the latter, he achieved senior ranks serving with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery in North Africa and Northwestern Europe. Montgomery considered that Whistler was about the best infantry brigade commander I knew. In peacetime, his outstanding powers of leadership were shown in a series of roles in the decolonisation process, and he reached the rank of general.

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