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Wavell

[wey-vuhl]

noun

  1. Archibald Percival, 1st Earl, 1883–1950, British field marshal and author: viceroy of India 1943–47.



Wavell

/ ˈweɪvəl /

noun

  1. Archibald ( Percival ), 1st Earl. 1883–1950, British field marshal. During World War II he was commander in chief in the Middle East (1939–41), defeating the Italians in N Africa. He was commander in chief in India (1941–43) and viceroy of India (1943–47)

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“It’s very mixed. It’s heartbreaking, honestly,” said Wavell, who began processing aloud, once more, the longings of the heart, the musings of the mind, and the complexities of staying, of going, of not knowing.

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But his wife, yoga instructor Claire Wavell, wasn’t sure she wanted to return.

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Wavell’s “Other Men’s Flowers” as a birthday present when I was young.

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Relief efforts started to be put into place by the end of 1943 with the arrival of a new viceroy, Field Marshall Lord Wavell.

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As was British officer and later Field Marshal Archibald Wavell: “After the ‘war to end war,’ they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making the ‘Peace to end Peace.’

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