William Birdwood

The Lord Birdwood
General Sir William Birdwood by Elliott & Fry
Nickname(s)	Birdy
Born	(1865-09-13)13 September 1865 Kirkee, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	17 May 1951(1951-05-17) (aged 85) Hampton Court Palace, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	1883–1930
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands held	Commander-in-Chief, India Northern Command, India Fifth Army Australian Corps I ANZAC Corps II ANZAC Corps Australian Imperial Force Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Kohat Brigade
Battles/wars	North-West Frontier Tirah Campaign Second Boer War First World War Gallipoli Campaign Western Front
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire Distinguished Service Order Croix de Guerre (France) Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Distinguished Service Medal (United States) Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 25 January 1938 – 17 May 1951 Hereditary Peerage
Succeeded by	Christopher Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood

Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First World War as commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915, leading the landings on the peninsula and then the evacuation later in the year, before becoming commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army on the Western Front during the closing stages of the war. He went on to be general officer commanding the Northern Army in India in 1920 and Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1925.