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  Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO (March 21, 1889 - July 4, 1963) was a distinguished military leader of New Zealand forces during both World War I and World War II.
In the chaos of the retreat from the Greek mainland campaign of 1941, Freyberg was given command of Allied forces during the Battle of Crete.
He was raised to the peerage as Baron Freyberg, of Wellington in New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey, in 1951.
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 Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg information - Search.com
Freyberg gained promotion to the rank of Temporary Brigadier and took command of a brigade in the 58th Division in April 1917, reportedly making him the youngest general in the British Army.
The Crown raised Freyberg to the peerage as Baron Freyberg of Wellington in New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey in 1951.
Freyberg died at Windsor on July 4, 1963 following the rupture of one of his war wounds, and was buried in the churchyard of St Martha on the Hill in Guildford, Surrey.
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  Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg at AllExperts
Freyberg gained promotion to the rank of Temporary Brigadier and took command of a brigade in the 58th Division in April 1917, reportedly making him the youngest general in the British Army.
The Crown raised Freyberg to the peerage as Baron Freyberg of Wellington in New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey in 1951.
Freyberg died at Windsor on July 4, 1963 following the rupture of one of his war wounds, and was buried in the churchyard of St Martha on the Hill in Guildford, Surrey.
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 Freyberg Bernard Cyril
Bernard Cyril Freyberg was born at Richmond, London, on 21 March 1889 son of James Freyberg, a surveyor, and Julia Hamilton.
Freyberg’s first military involvement had been in the school cadets at Wellington College, while he was persuaded by the commander of the local T.Force company, Stephen Allen, to become one of his subalterns.
Freyberg was injured in an aircraft accident in September 1944.
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 Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO & 3 Bars K St J, MiD
1st Baron Freyberg of Wellington in New Zealand and Munstead in the County of Surrey
Freyberg’s aspiration to be a doctor died with his early departure from school, and he was apprenticed to a Wellington dentist.
Freyberg was raised to the peerage in 1951, taking the title Baron Freyberg ‘of Wellington, New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey’.
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 Encyclopedia: Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Right Honourable Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO (March 21, 1889–July 4, 1963) was a New Zealand military leader during World War I and World War II.
Bernard Cyril Freyberg of New Zealand was wounded nine times during World War I and was promoted to general at the age of 27.
Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron of Wellington and Munstead (March 21, 1889 - July 4, 1963) was a distinquished military leader of New Zealand forces during both World War I and World War II.
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 thePeerage.com - Sir Brian Stapleton and others
She married, secondly, Lt.-Gen. Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, V.C., son of James Freyberg and Julia Hamilton, on 14 June 1922.
     Lt.-Gen. Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, V.C. was born on 21 March 1889 in Richmond, Surrey, England.
She was the daughter of Sir Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Elizabeth Pochin.
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Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889-1963), Lieutenant-General; Governor-General of New Zealand.
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 Bernard Cyril Freyberg - Picture - MSN Encarta
Bernard Cyril Freyberg of New Zealand was wounded nine times during World War I and was promoted to general at the age of 27.
Freyberg also served as Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952.
Freyberg of Wellington and of Munstead, Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron
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 1st baron - Raptors Secure 1st Division Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Bernard Freyberg
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Baron (born March of Munstead), Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st 21, 1889, Richmond, Surrey, Freyberg (of Wellington and Eng.
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 Baron 1889 - Baron Killanin - Wikipedia, the free encycloped   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Baron's Designs (formerly Baron's Den) was opened in 1968 by Tony Golobitsh as a men's hairstyling...
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 in 1889 as Baron Morris, of Spiddal in the County of Galway.
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 Heroes in the slaughter - 24 Jun 2006 - History - NZ Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This time the 1st Australian Division was earmarked to break through the German line at Pozieres and push up the main road - now the cemetery-lined D929 - between Albert and Bapaume and on into the open countryside beyond.
Serving in the 8th battalion of the 2nd Victoria Brigade in the 1st Division, he was a little old to be a soldier at 35.
Freyberg made influential friends, and quickly persuaded First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill to grant him a commission in the Hood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division.
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 ANZAC DAY: KIWIS IN MAADI 1939-46, April 27, 1996
On a cold dark night, Freyberg, naked and painted fl, was dropped into the water in the Gulf of Xeros and swum for two hours towards the beach, with firing from the ships going on all around him.
Freyberg was determined that the Maadi Camp should have its own "bath" and requested that one be built immediately.
Shortly after, Freyberg returned to Maadi, only to learn that he was "not to be trusted" and would be relinquishing command of his troops.
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 The Ancre and Beaucourt: November 1916
In 190th Brigade it was only 1st HAC who were still recognisable as a single unit, the remainder had become intermixed with other units.
On Freyberg's right II Corps had taken St Pierre Divion on the afternoon of the 13th and men from the 1st Cambridgeshire Regiment had been ferrying ammunition and grenades across the Ancre to replenish spent supplies.
In sharp contrast to Freyberg's leadership and gallantry another young officer from the Division was to become almost equally well known to the public but for sadly different reasons.
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 Bernard Freyberg 1st Baron Freyberg: Encyclopedia II - Bernard Freyberg 1st Baron Freyberg - Early Life
Freyberg was born in Richmond upon Thames, England and moved to New Zealand with his parents when he was two years old.
Freyberg left New Zealand in March 1914, and is known to have been in San Francisco and Mexico, where he may have been involved in the civil war then raging in that country.
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 BERNARD CYRIL FREYBERG - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/23/1930
Born in London, Freyberg went to New Zealand when he was two.
In 1942, Freyberg was wounded in the neck by a shell splinter but recovered in time to fight in the Second Battle of El Alamein.
From 1946-1952, 1st Baron Freyberg was Governor General of New Zealand.
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 Bernard Montgomery --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
One of Great Britain's most noted generals in World War II, Bernard Montgomery commanded the Eighth Army in its triumphant sweep across North Africa and in its invasion of Sicily and Italy.
Bernard Law Montgomery was born on Nov. 17, 1887, in London, England.
Freyberg (of Wellington and of Munstead), Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron
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 Bernard Freyberg 1st Baron Freyberg - World War II
Freyberg was classified as unfit for active service with the British Army in 1937.
Following an approach from the New Zealand government, Freyberg offered his services and was subsequently appointed commander of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force and the New Zealand 2nd Division.
In late 1914, Freyberg met and persuaded the then First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, to give him a commission in the Hood Battalion of the newly constituted Royal Naval Division.
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 Further Reading - John Monash
When the Australian Imperial Force (1st) was formed, he was sent with the 4th Infantry Brigade to Egypt, where, like most Australian troops, he experienced the effects of bad British organisation, planning, and command.
Field-Marshall Bernard Montgomery later wrote: I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front in Europe.
He was one of the principal organisers of the annual observance of ANZAC Day, and oversaw the planning for Melbournes monumental war memorial, the Shrine of Remembrance.
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 GI -- World War II Commemoration
In addition to General Wavell, the principal commanders on the British Commonwealth side were Adm. (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Andrew Cunningham (later 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope) and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, in charge, respectively, of naval and air operations in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
Gen.) Bernard Freyberg (later 1st Baron Freyberg), commander of the New Zealand Division, was placed in command.
By May 24, General Freyberg had abandoned hope of holding Crete, and, in view of the heavy losses being suffered by the Royal Navy, the decision to evacuate the island was made on May 27.
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 The Governor-General of New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron, was born in England in 1889 but brought to New Zealand by his parents at the age of two.
He retired in 1934 but was recalled in 1939, commanding the New Zealand Division in Greece, Africa and Italy.
He was created Baron Freyberg of Wellington, New Zealand, and Munstead, Surrey, in 1951.
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 Bernard Freyberg
Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron of Wellington and Munstead (March 21, 1889 - July 4, 1963) was a distinquished military leader of New Zealand forces during both World War 1 and World War 2.
In 1914 Freyberg met and persuaded the then First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill to give him a commission into the Hood Battalion of the infant Royal Naval Division.
During the initial landing at Battle of Gallipoli Freyberg swam from ship to ship lighting flares to distract the enemy, for this he received his first Distinguished Service Order.
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 La difesa britannica della Grecia e di Creta 1941
Prime Minister Churchill insisted that it must be held, and on April 30, General Wavell flew to the island to discuss plans for its defense.
(later Lt. Gen.) Bernard Freyberg (later 1st Baron Freyberg), commander of the New Zealand Division, was placed in command.
By May 24, General Freyberg had abandoned hope of holding Crete, and, in view of the heavy losses being suffered by the Royal Navy, the decision to evacuate the island was made on May 27.
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 PEERS WITH NEW ZEALAND CONNECTIONS
The Earl of Onslow was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, Governor of New Zealand 1889-92, Under Secretary of State for India 1895-1900, for Colonies 1900-3, and President of the Board of Agriculture with Cabinet rank 1903-5.
VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO PC (Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg), 1st Baron Freyberg, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Munstead in the county of Surrey (UK 1951).
Lord Freyberg's armorial bearings are described in the New Zealand Armorist 32.
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