GCSI (1947), GCMG (1951),
GCIE (1946), KCB (1946; CB 1942), KBE (1944), MC
Born
23.04.1895 (Dublin, Ireland)
Died
13.11.1967
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Lieutenant-General
Sir Archibald Edward Nye
GCSI (1947), GCMG (1951),
GCIE (1946), KCB (1946; CB 1942), KBE (1944), MC
Born
23.04.1895 (Dublin, Ireland)
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Education: Duke of York's
School, Dover; Staff College, Camberley (1924-1925)
| 07.10.1914 | enlisted in ranks |
| 05.12.1915 | commissioned, Leinster Regiment |
| WWI | served, 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment (France & Belgium 1.4.1915-9.5.1916, 5.12.1916-1.1.1917, 21.6.1918-11.11.1918) (from 3.8.1917-... A/Capt.) |
| 18.03.1917-20.11.1917 | Adjutant, Special Reserve |
| 13.01.1919-11.01.1922 | Adjutant, Leinster Regiment (A/Capt.) |
| 01.05.1926-30.04.1928 | General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), RAF Co-operation Aldershot (UK) |
| 01.05.1928-30.04.1930 | Brigade Major, Eastern Command (UK) |
| 14.04.1931-31.07.1932 | General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London, UK) |
| 01.08.1932-31.12.1935 | General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College (Camberley, UK) (to 30.6.1934 local Lt.Col.) |
| 10.12.1936-22.11.1937 | General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Directorate of Military Training, War Office (London, UK) |
| 23.11.1937-00.00.1939 | Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Aldershot, UK) |
| 05.05.1939-19.05.1939 | specially employed (local Brig.) |
| 20.05.1939-06.01.1940 | Commander, Nowshera Brigade (India) (T/Brig.) |
| 05.02.1940-31.10.1940 | Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office (London, UK) (from 5.2.1940-31.10.1941 T/Brig.) |
| 01.11.1940-04.12.1941 | Director of Staff Duties, War Office (London, UK) (from 1.11.1940-31.10.1941 A/Maj.Gen., from 1-17.11.1941 T/Maj.Gen.) |
| 05.12.1941-00.00.1946 | ViceChief of the Imperial General Staff (London, UK) (from 5.12.1941-4.12.1942 A/Lt.Gen., from 5.12.1942-13.9.1944 T/Lt.Gen.) |
| 29.03.1946 | retired |
| 00.00.1932 | Barristeratlaw, Inner Temple |
| 05.05.1946-00.00.1948 | Governor of Madras [appointed 28.11.1945] |
| 00.08.1948-00.00.1952 | High Commissioner for the UK in India |
| 00.00.1952-23.05.1956 | High Commissioner for the UK in Canada |
| -00.00.1967 | Colonel, Madras Regiment |
| a Rhodes Trustee | |
| Director, Royal Bank of Canada |
| 05.12.1915 | 2nd Lieutenant |
| 05.09.1916 | Lieutenant |
| 02.08.1922 | Lieutenant [Royal Warwickshire Regiment] |
| 20.06.1923 | Captain |
| 01.07.1930 | Brevet/Major |
| 08.09.1935 | Major [The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire)] |
| 01.07.1934 | Brevet/Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 23.11.1937 | Lieutenant-Colonel [Royal Warwickshire Regiment] |
| 20.05.1939 (sen. 01.07.1937) | Colonel |
| 18.11.1941 | Major-General |
| 14.09.1944 | Lieutenant-General |
| Decorations: | WWI: 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Military Cross; WWII: Companion of the Order of the Bath (1942); Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1944); Post-war: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1946); Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1946); Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (1947); Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1951) |
| Honours: | Hon. DCL Bishop's University; Hon. LLD McGill, Toronto and McMaster Universities; Freeman of City of Ottawa |
| Papers: | Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975 |