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Field Marshal Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC (Can), PC, 1891 - 1969, Colonel Irish Guards. As a 22-year-old platoon commander in the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander served with the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. He took part in the retreat from Mons and was wounded at First Battle of Ypres and invalided home. He returned to the Western Front in 1915 and fought at the Battle of Loos receiving the Military Cross, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his action during the Battle of the Somme. By 1917 he was the Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Irish Guards. During the Second World War he commanded in Belgium, France, Burma, India, the Middle East, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, eventually reaching the rank of Field Marshal. Post war he was appointed Governor General of Canada, and then at Churchills request served as British Minister of Defence. Outside the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, there is a statue erected to his honour and for this years Irish Trooping of the Colour, a new slow march has been named after him. Composed by Adam Barras to be used as the first Neutral Slow march.
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