Command of 1st British Army In France Held London, Oct, 13, It-General Sir John Green Dill, Commander of the 1st Army of the British Expeditionary Koce in France, has been promoted to the rank of General, according to an announcement published in e Gazette today.
General Sir John Dill who is 57 years of age, entered the Army in 1901, and served in South Africa in 1901.02, and throughout the last World War, From 1923 until 1926, General Sir John Dill commanded the 2nd Infantry Brigade, and during the next two years he was Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College, After a short sojourn in India, he was appointed, in 1931, Commandant of the Staff College at Camberley, Later he worked as Director. of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office until he was transferred to Palestine as Commander of the British forces in the Holy Land,—Reuter,
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