William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim,, usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.
Slim c. 1950
Field Marshal Sir William Slim, General Officer Commanding Fourteenth Army in Burma, 5 March 1945.
Portrait of General Slim as commander of the Fourteenth Army, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
Lieutenant General Sir William Slim being knighted by the Viceroy of India, Field Marshal the Viscount Wavell, near Imphal, December 1944.
Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)
The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during the Second World War. As well as British Army units, many of its units were from the Indian Army and there were also significant contributions from the British Army's West and East African divisions. It was often referred to as the "Forgotten Army" because its operations in the Burma campaign were overlooked by the contemporary press, and remained more obscure than those of the corresponding formations in Europe for long after the war. For most of the Army's existence, it was commanded by Lieutenant-General William Slim.
Portrait of William Slim, as commander of the Fourteenth Army, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
Lt.-Gen. Slim, commanding the Fourteenth Army, chatting to a Gurkha rifleman. Near Pallel, November 1944.
Fourteenth Army memorial in Bristol