Bidspirit auction | WW2 Field Marshall Claude Auchinleck

WW2 Field Marshall Claude Auchinleck hand written letter with good content. To Staff Sergeant Chitty 1972. Nice WW2 references ”It seems a long time ago since we were fighting the Germans in North Africa and the Japanese in Burma” ” it must seem to you like Waterloo did to me”. Highly collectable and scarce piece of Military History. Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck (21 June 1884 - 23 March 1981) was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by early 1941 during the Second World War. In July 1941 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Middle East Theatre, but after initial successes, the war in North Africa turned against the British-led forces under his command and he was relieved of the post in August 1942 during the North African campaign. In June 1943, he was once again appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, where his support through the organisation of supply, maintenance and training for General William Slim's Fourteenth Army played an important role in its success. He served as commander-in-chief, India, until the Partition in 1947, when he assumed the role of supreme commander of all British forces in India and Pakistan until late 1948. Good condition Est.