Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck (1884-1981)

British Army Field Marshal. During World War II he opened the 1941 North African campaign that led to the defeat of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. After winning the first battle of El Alamein, he was relieved of his command for refusing to counterattack Rommel west of Cairo, Egypt.

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Mary Eleanor Eyre Auchinleck

1850–1937

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Jessie Stewart Peirse

1900–1983 (m. 1921)

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Armar Leslie Auchinleck

1887–1916

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