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| − | '''Lieutenant General Sir William John Eldridge''' (2 March 1898 - 3 November 1985) was a founding Council Member of the [[Institute for Strategic Studies]].<ref>[http://www.iiss.org/about-us/history/press-release-1958/ Institute Press Release, 28 November 1958]</ref> | + | '''Lieutenant General Sir William John Eldridge''' (2 March 1898 - 3 November 1985) was a founding Council Member of the [[Institute for Strategic Studies]].<ref>[http://www.iiss.org/about-us/history/press-release-1958/ Institute Press Release, 28 November 1958]</ref> (Not to be confused with the British sociologist [[John E. T. Eldridge]]) |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:25, 10 August 2008
Lieutenant General Sir William John Eldridge (2 March 1898 - 3 November 1985) was a founding Council Member of the Institute for Strategic Studies.[1] (Not to be confused with the British sociologist John E. T. Eldridge)
Career
- served European War, France and Belgium, 1916–18 (wounded, despatches twice, DSO, MC)
- Iraq Operations, 1919–20
- War of 1939–45 (despatches, CBE, Bar to DSO)
- Dir-Gen. of Artillery, Ministry of Supply, 1945–48
- Commandant Royal Military College of Science, 1948–51
- GOC Aldershot District, 1951–53
- Controller of Munitions, Min. of Supply, 1953–57[2]
Notes
- ↑ Institute Press Release, 28 November 1958
- ↑ ELDRIDGE, Lt-Gen. Sir (William) John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 (accessed 10 Aug 2008)
