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| | Birdwood, William Riddell (Baron Birdwood) (1865 - 1951) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | BIRDWOOD, WILLIAM RIDDELL (1865-1951), 1st BARON BIRDWOOD OF ANZAC AND TOTNES, field marshal, was born on 13 September 1865 at Kirkee, India, second son of Herbert Mills Birdwood, under-secretary to the government of Bombay, and Edith Marion, daughter of Surgeon Major E. Impey of the Bombay Horse Artillery. |
 | | Birdwood was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, England, from which he was commissioned early owing to the Russian war scare of 1885. |
 | | Birdwood brought an Australian expert in personnel matters to his headquarters and in September chose Colonel (Sir) Brudenell White from 1st Division Headquarters as chief of staff. |
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