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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Sir John Dill</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North_Africa,_1941_E2384E.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North_Africa%2C_1941_E2384E.jpg 2x" data-file-width="761" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Sir John Dill in Egypt, 18 February 1941.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1881-12-25</span>)</span>25 December 1881<br /><a href="/wiki/Lurgan" title="Lurgan">Lurgan</a>, County Armagh, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 November 1944<span style="display:none">(1944-11-04)</span> (aged 62)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Virginia, United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1901–1944</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Service_number" title="Service number">Service number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6659</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Leinster_Regiment_(Royal_Canadians)" title="Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)">Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a> (1940–41)<br /><a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a> (1939–40)<br /><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">Aldershot Command</a> (1937–39)<br /><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Command" title="Palestine Command">British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan</a> (1936–37)<br /><a href="/wiki/Staff_College,_Camberley" title="Staff College, Camberley">Staff College, Camberley</a> (1931–34)<br /><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd Infantry Brigade</a> (1923–26)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt in Palestine</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George">Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a> (8)<br /><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Army Distinguished Service Medal</a> (United States)<br /><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Legion_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Legion of Honour">Officer of the Legion of Honour</a> (France)<br /><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de guerre</a> (France)<br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)" title="Order of the Crown (Belgium)">Commander of the Order of the Crown</a> (Belgium)<br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Romania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Crown (Romania)">Officer of the Order of the Crown of Romania</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Order_of_St_Olav" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav">Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav</a> (Norway)<br /><a href="/wiki/Polonia_Restituta" class="mw-redirect" title="Polonia Restituta">Order of Polonia Restituta, 1st Class</a> (Poland)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a> <b>Sir John Greer Dill</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George">CMG</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a></span></span> (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> officer with service in both the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a>, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently served in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, as Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission and then Senior British Representative on the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Combined Chiefs of Staff">Combined Chiefs of Staff</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Lurgan" title="Lurgan">Lurgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">County Armagh</a>, then part of <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">25 December</a> 1881, John Greer Dill's father, also named John,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (and who died when the younger John was just twelve years old) was the local bank manager and his mother, Jane,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (who died just months after her husband) was a Greer from Woodville, <a href="/wiki/Lurgan" title="Lurgan">Lurgan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200462_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200462-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the death of both parents, "John and his sister were then cared for by an uncle, the Reverend Joseph Grundy Burton".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200462_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200462-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Always intended for a career in the armed forces, Dill, along with his sister, Nicolina Frances, attended the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_College_Belfast" title="Methodist College Belfast">Methodist College Belfast</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-lh_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1887 to 1889. This was followed by his education at <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_College" title="Cheltenham College">Cheltenham College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst" title="Royal Military College, Sandhurst">Royal Military College</a> at Sandhurst.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200462−63_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200462−63-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to historian <a href="/wiki/Richard_Doherty" title="Richard Doherty">Richard Doherty</a>, Dill's conduct at Sandhurst were "exemplary" although there "were no indications of the outstanding intelligence for which he would later be noted and his marks were described as mediocre".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_military_career">Early life and military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From Sandhurst Dill was <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">commissioned</a> on 8 May 1901 as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> into the 1st Battalion of the <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Leinster_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment">Leinster Regiment</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of eight Irish infantry regiments then in existence in the British Army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly-commissioned young officer was posted to South Africa with his battalion to see out the final stages of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> (also known as the South African War).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999102_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999102-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the end of the war in June 1902, Dill left <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a> with other men of his battalion on the SS <i>Englishman</i> in late September 1902, arriving at Southampton the following month, from where they were posted to <a href="/wiki/Fermoy" title="Fermoy">Fermoy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dill, by now a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">lieutenant</a> since 15 August 1903<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (later antedated to 27 May),<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was appointed as his battalion's <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">adjutant</a> on 15 August 1906,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having previously been assistant adjutant from 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">captain</a> on 12 July 1911,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by now having "demonstrated an aptitude for staff duties",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was seconded to study at the <a href="/wiki/Staff_College,_Camberley" title="Staff College, Camberley">British Army Staff College</a> from 1 February 1913,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was still there on the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> eighteen months later.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200585_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart200585-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Staff College certainly made Dill; his talents for planning and problem solving were discovered and honed during his year at Camberley and were soon put to the toughest test of all – war.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200463-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after the war began, and after having briefly serving on the staff of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Southern Command (United Kingdom)">Southern Command</a>, Dill, in October,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> became <a href="/wiki/Brigade_major" title="Brigade major">brigade major</a> of the <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">25th Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th Division</a>, which was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> to join the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF), where Dill would remain for the rest of the war. He was present at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Battle of Neuve Chapelle</a> in 1915 and for which he was later awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanchev1991_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDanchev1991-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1916 Dill, promoted in May to <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major (United Kingdom)">major</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> served on the General Staff of the <a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Division">55th (West Lancashire) Division</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Corps" title="Canadian Corps">Canadian Corps</a>, before being promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff (GSO1) of the <a href="/wiki/37th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Division (United Kingdom)">37th Division</a> in January 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanchev1991_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDanchev1991-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was moved to the General Staff at General Headquarters in October of that year, initially as part of the Training Section but was soon shifted to the Operations Section.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanchev1991_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDanchev1991-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the war he was a temporary <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">brigadier general</a>, having been promoted to that rank in late March 1918,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had been <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in despatches">mentioned in despatches</a> eight times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200585_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart200585-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the spring of 1918 he was Head of Operations at GHQ, an important promotion after the sacking of many of Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig" title="Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig">Sir Douglas Haig</a>'s senior staff following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)" title="Battle of Cambrai (1917)">Battle of Cambrai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris2008464_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris2008464-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200464_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200464-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George">Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George</a> (CMG) in the <a href="/wiki/1918_New_Year_Honours" title="1918 New Year Honours">1918 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also received a number of foreign decorations for his service, including the <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Legion_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Legion of Honour">Officer of the Legion of Honour</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the French <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de guerre</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)" title="Order of the Crown (Belgium)">Commander of the Order of the Crown</a> of Belgium,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Romania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Crown (Romania)">Officer of the Order of the Crown of Romania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Between_the_wars">Between the wars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Between the wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war Dill, promoted to brevet colonel in June 1919,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> returned to the Staff College and served as an instructor there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200585_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart200585-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200464_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200464-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1928_New_Year_Honours" title="1928 New Year Honours">1928 New Year Honours</a> he was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> (CB).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1929 he was posted to <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> and in December 1930 was promoted to the permanent rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Major general (United Kingdom)">major-general</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before returning to appointments at the Staff College (for in fact the third time but this time as the college's <a href="/wiki/Commandant" title="Commandant">commandant</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoherty200465_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoherty200465-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After three years there he went to the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> as <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)">Director of Military Operations and Intelligence</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> holding that post until 1 September 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999103-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside his other positions, he was appointed to the largely honorary role of Colonel of the <a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Regiment">East Lancashire Regiment</a> on 24 December 1932, a position he held until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg/220px-Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg/330px-Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg/440px-Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>General Dill at the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Conference">Atlantic Conference</a> aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)" title="HMS Prince of Wales (53)"><i>Prince of Wales</i></a> in 1941 (third from the right in second row/directly above Churchill).</figcaption></figure> <p>Following his service on the General Staff, Dill was sent to Palestine, during the <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt</a>, where he was appointed <a href="/wiki/General_Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="General Officer Commanding">General Officer Commanding</a> (GOC) of the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Command" title="Palestine Command">British forces in Palestine</a> on 8 September 1936,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> holding the post until 1937. He was knighted in the 1937 <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_British_Monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronation of the British Monarch">Coronation</a> Honours with his promotion to <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> (KCB),<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was then appointed General Officer Commanding, <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">Aldershot Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year he was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Hore-Belisha,_1st_Baron_Hore-Belisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha">Leslie Hore-Belisha</a>, Secretary of State for War, for the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff, but lost out to <a href="/wiki/John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort" title="John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort">Lord Gort</a> who was almost five years his junior.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg/220px-British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg/330px-British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg/440px-British_Generals_1939-1945_O398.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2460" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>General Sir John Dill, GOC I Corps, inspecting soldiers digging trenches at Flines, France. Stood three away from Dill is his BGS, Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Percival" title="Arthur Percival">Arthur Percival</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the outbreak of the Second World War Dill hoped to be appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, but the position again went to Gort. The resulting vacancy as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) was filled by <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Ironside,_1st_Baron_Ironside" title="Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside">Sir Edmund Ironside</a>, leaving Dill to be eventually posted as commander of <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a> in France on 3 September 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">general</a> on 1 October 1939 (with seniority backdated to 5 December 1937).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_John_Dill,_Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff_(CIGS),_inspecting_parachute_troops_at_the_Central_Landing_Establishment_at_RAF_Ringway_near_Manchester,_December_1940._H6209.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/General_Sir_John_Dill%2C_Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff_%28CIGS%29%2C_inspecting_parachute_troops_at_the_Central_Landing_Establishment_at_RAF_Ringway_near_Manchester%2C_December_1940._H6209.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/General_Sir_John_Dill%2C_Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff_%28CIGS%29%2C_inspecting_parachute_troops_at_the_Central_Landing_Establishment_at_RAF_Ringway_near_Manchester%2C_December_1940._H6209.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/General_Sir_John_Dill%2C_Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff_%28CIGS%29%2C_inspecting_parachute_troops_at_the_Central_Landing_Establishment_at_RAF_Ringway_near_Manchester%2C_December_1940._H6209.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2398" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>General Sir John Dill, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a> (CIGS), inspecting <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">parachute troops</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Central_Landing_Establishment" title="Central Landing Establishment">Central Landing Establishment</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ringway" title="RAF Ringway">RAF Ringway</a> near <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, December 1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>On returning to the UK in April 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dill was appointed <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a> (and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Council_(1904)" title="Army Council (1904)">Army Council</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under Ironside, by the then Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a>. On 27 May 1940, after Chamberlain had been replaced by Churchill, Dill replaced Ironside as CIGS.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg/220px-CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg/330px-CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg/440px-CIGS_General_Sir_John_Dill_visits_Maadi_Camp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4686" data-file-height="2974" /></a><figcaption>General Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, visits Maadi Camp, Egypt, presumably in 1940 or 1941. From left to right: Brigadiers <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Miles" title="Reginald Miles">R. Miles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Puttick" title="Edward Puttick">E. Puttick</a>, Major-General <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg" title="Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg">Freyberg</a> and General Dill, Brigadiers <a href="/wiki/James_Hargest" title="James Hargest">J. Hargest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Barrowclough" title="Harold Barrowclough">H. E. Barrowclough</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Faced with the prospect of a <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">German invasion</a>, Dill produced a memorandum on 15 June advocating the use of chemical warfare against an enemy landing. Although acknowledging that first use of chemical weapons would alienate the United States and invite retaliation, he concluded that "at a time when our National existence is at stake ... we should not hesitate to adopt whatever means appear to offer the best chance of success."<sup id="cite_ref-paxman_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paxman-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After criticism from the Director of Home Defence and other offices Dill withdrew the memorandum. Nevertheless, the proposal was largely endorsed by Churchill on 30 June and it was ordered that the Royal Air Force begin preparations for deploying <a href="/wiki/Mustard_gas" title="Mustard gas">mustard gas</a>, although he added that actual employment would need to be ordered by Cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-paxman_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paxman-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dill was promoted <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Field marshal (United Kingdom)">field marshal</a> on 18 November 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200586_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart200586-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but by this time it was clear how poorly he and Churchill got on. Dill gained a reputation as unimaginative and obstructionist.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999104-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Keen to get him out of the way, Churchill at the end of 1941 had Dill advanced to <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> (GCB)<sup id="cite_ref-GCB_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCB-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and posted him to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> as his personal representative where he became Chief of the <a href="/wiki/British_Joint_Staff_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="British Joint Staff Mission">British Joint Staff Mission</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then Senior British Representative on the Combined Chiefs of Staff.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dill showed a great flair as a diplomatic military presence. In 1943 alone he attended the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Conference,_1943" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec Conference, 1943">Quebec Conference</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Casablanca_Conference" title="Casablanca Conference">Casablanca Conference</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tehran_Conference" title="Tehran Conference">Tehran Conference</a> and meetings in India, China and Brazil. He also served on the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Policy_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined Policy Committee">Combined Policy Committee</a> set up by the British and United States governments under the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Agreement" title="Quebec Agreement">Quebec Agreement</a> to oversee the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic bomb">atomic bomb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Howland_Memorial_Prize" title="Howland Memorial Prize">Henry Howland Memorial Prize</a> in 1944, in part to ensure his continued favour with Churchill.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States he was immensely important in making the Chiefs of Staff committee – which included members from both countries – function, often promoting unity of action.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was particularly friendly with General <a href="/wiki/George_Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="George Marshall">George Marshall</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the two exercised a great deal of influence on <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt">President Roosevelt</a> who described Dill as "the most important figure in the remarkable accord which has been developed in the combined operations of our two countries".<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_John_Dill_statue@arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sir_John_Dill_statue%40arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg/170px-Sir_John_Dill_statue%40arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sir_John_Dill_statue%40arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg/255px-Sir_John_Dill_statue%40arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sir_John_Dill_statue%40arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg/340px-Sir_John_Dill_statue%40arlington_nation_cemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="1333" /></a><figcaption>Equestrian statue of Field Marshal Sir John Dill over his grave in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Dill served in Washington until his death from <a href="/wiki/Aplastic_anaemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aplastic anaemia">aplastic anaemia</a> in November 1944. His funeral arrangements reflected the great professional and personal respect and affection that he had earned. A memorial service was held in <a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral" title="Washington National Cathedral">Washington National Cathedral</a> and the route of the cortege was lined by some thousands of troops, following which he was interred in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, where a simple service was conducted at the graveside. A witness recorded that "I have never seen so many men so visibly shaken by sadness. [General George] Marshall's face was truly stricken ...". He was sorely missed by the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, who sent a warm message of condolence to their British colleagues: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We feel we share equally with you the loss to our combined war effort resulting from the death of Field Marshal Sir John Dill. His character and wisdom, his selfless devotion to the allied cause, made his contribution to the combined British-American war effort of outstanding importance. It is not too much to say that probably no other individual was more responsible for the achievement of complete cooperation in the work of the Combined Chiefs of Staff. </p><p>... we have looked to him with complete confidence as a leader in our combined deliberations. He has been a personal friend of all of us ... </p><p> We mourn with you the passing of a great and wise soldier, and a great gentleman. His task in this war has been well done.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanchev199167–68_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDanchev199167–68-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Dill was posthumously awarded the American <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Army Distinguished Service Medal</a> in 1944<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Officers_of_the_British_Army_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Officers_of_the_British_Army-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as receiving an unprecedented joint resolution of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> appreciating his services.<sup id="cite_ref-fdr_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fdr-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried at <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington, Virginia">Arlington, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200586_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart200586-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The equestrian statue on Dill's grave is one of only two at the cemetery, the other is Major-General <a href="/wiki/Philip_Kearny" title="Philip Kearny">Philip Kearny</a>'s.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34855/supplement/3091">"No. 34855"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 21 May 1940. p. 3091.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+34855&rft.pages=3091&rft.date=1940-05-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F34855%2Fsupplement%2F3091&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette34873" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34873/page/3608">"No. 34873"</a>. <i><a 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Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1409021926" title="Special:BookSources/978-1409021926"><bdi>978-1409021926</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Higher+Form+of+Killing&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1409021926&rft.aulast=Paxman&rft.aufirst=Harris&rft.au=Harris%2C+Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFmAhS0O1xvYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette35352" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35352/supplement/6693">"No. 35352"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 18 November 1941. p. 6693.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+35352&rft.pages=6693&rft.date=1941-11-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F35352%2Fsupplement%2F6693&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmart200586-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200586_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmart200586_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmart2005">Smart 2005</a>, p. 86.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GCB-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GCB_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette35399" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35399/supplement/2">"No. 35399"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 30 December 1941. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+35399&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1941-12-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F35399%2Fsupplement%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette35397" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35397/supplement/7369">"No. 35397"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 26 December 1941. p. 7369.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+35397&rft.pages=7369&rft.date=1941-12-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F35397%2Fsupplement%2F7369&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105_51-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeathcote1999105_51-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHeathcote1999">Heathcote 1999</a>, p. 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jgdill.htm">"Sir John Greer Dill, Field Marshal, British Army"</a>. Arlington National Cemetery<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sir+John+Greer+Dill%2C+Field+Marshal%2C+British+Army&rft.pub=Arlington+National+Cemetery&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arlingtoncemetery.net%2Fjgdill.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCray1990" class="citation book cs1">Cray, Ed (1990). <i>General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman</i>. First Cooper Square Press. p. 447. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0815410423" title="Special:BookSources/978-0815410423"><bdi>978-0815410423</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=General+of+the+Army%3A+George+C.+Marshall%2C+Soldier+and+Statesman&rft.pages=447&rft.pub=First+Cooper+Square+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0815410423&rft.aulast=Cray&rft.aufirst=Ed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box37/t335gg01.html">"Letter Roosevelt to Churchill on the announcement of the posthumous honours to Dill"</a>. FDR Library. 10 January 1945<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Letter+Roosevelt+to+Churchill+on+the+announcement+of+the+posthumous+honours+to+Dill&rft.pub=FDR+Library&rft.date=1945-01-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fdrlibrary.marist.edu%2Fpsf%2Fbox37%2Ft335gg01.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140512153550/http://www.marshallfoundation.org/pdfs/essays/Dill%2BMarshall.PDF">"A Very Special Relationship: Field Marshal Sir John Dill and General George Marshall"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Marshal Foundation. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marshallfoundation.org/pdfs/essays/Dill+Marshall.PDF">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 12 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Very+Special+Relationship%3A+Field+Marshal+Sir+John+Dill+and+General+George+Marshall&rft.pub=Marshal+Foundation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marshallfoundation.org%2Fpdfs%2Fessays%2FDill%2BMarshall.PDF&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fdr-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fdr_56-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fdr_56-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fdr_56-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fdrlibrary.org/">"Home - FDR Presidential Library & Museum"</a>. <i>www.fdrlibrary.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.fdrlibrary.org&rft.atitle=Home+-+FDR+Presidential+Library+%26+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fdrlibrary.org%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDanchev199167–68-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanchev199167–68_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDanchev1991">Danchev 1991</a>, pp. 67–68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette36801" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36801/supplement/5321">"No. 36801"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 17 November 1944. p. 5321.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+36801&rft.pages=5321&rft.date=1944-11-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F36801%2Fsupplement%2F5321&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgRkaWxsEgRqb2huGgFn/">"Burial Detail: Dill, John Greer (Section 32, Grave S-29)"</a>. <i>ANC Explorer</i>. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ANC+Explorer&rft.atitle=Burial+Detail%3A+Dill%2C+John+Greer+%28Section+32%2C+Grave+S-29%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fancexplorer.army.mil%2Fpublicwmv%2F%23%2Farlington-national%2Fsearch%2Fresults%2F1%2FCgRkaWxsEgRqb2huGgFn%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLeroy2014" class="citation web cs1">McLeroy, Carrie (2 June 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140615084355/http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/2014/06/theres-a-lot-you-dont-know-about-arlington-national-cemetery/">"There's a lot you don't know about Arlington National Cemetery"</a>. United States Army. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/2014/06/theres-a-lot-you-dont-know-about-arlington-national-cemetery/">the original</a> on 15 June 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2014</span>. <q>There are only two equestrian monuments at Arlington National Cemetery. The first is for Maj. Gen. Philip Kearney, located in Section 2. The second is Field Marshall Sir John Dill in Section 32.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=There%27s+a+lot+you+don%27t+know+about+Arlington+National+Cemetery&rft.pub=United+States+Army&rft.date=2014-06-02&rft.aulast=McLeroy&rft.aufirst=Carrie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsoldiers.dodlive.mil%2F2014%2F06%2Ftheres-a-lot-you-dont-know-about-arlington-national-cemetery%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChurchill1985" class="citation book cs1">Churchill, Winston S. (1985). <i>Their Finest Hour: Volume 2: The Second World War</i>. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-395-41056-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-395-41056-1"><bdi>978-0-395-41056-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Their+Finest+Hour%3A+Volume+2%3A+The+Second+World+War&rft.pub=Houghton+Mifflin+Harcourt&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=978-0-395-41056-1&rft.aulast=Churchill&rft.aufirst=Winston+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDanchev1986" class="citation book cs1">Danchev, Alex (1986). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/veryspecialrelat0000danc"><i>Very Special Relationship: Field Marshal Sir John Dill and the Anglo-American Alliance, 1941–44</i></a></span>. London: Brassey's Defence Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-08-031197-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-08-031197-0"><bdi>0-08-031197-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Very+Special+Relationship%3A+Field+Marshal+Sir+John+Dill+and+the+Anglo-American+Alliance%2C+1941%E2%80%9344&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Brassey%27s+Defence+Publishers&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-08-031197-0&rft.aulast=Danchev&rft.aufirst=Alex&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fveryspecialrelat0000danc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDanchev1991" class="citation book cs1">Danchev, Alex (1991). <a href="/wiki/John_Keegan" title="John Keegan">Keegan, John</a> (ed.). <i>Churchill's Generals</i>. London: Cassell Military. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-304-36712-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-304-36712-5"><bdi>0-304-36712-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Churchill%27s+Generals&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Cassell+Military&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-304-36712-5&rft.aulast=Danchev&rft.aufirst=Alex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoherty2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Doherty" title="Richard Doherty">Doherty, Richard</a> (2004). <i>Ireland's Generals in the Second World War</i>. Four Courts Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781851828654" title="Special:BookSources/9781851828654"><bdi>9781851828654</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ireland%27s+Generals+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.pub=Four+Courts+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9781851828654&rft.aulast=Doherty&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2008" class="citation book cs1">Harris, J.P. (2008). <i>Douglas Haig and the First World War</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-89802-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-89802-7"><bdi>978-0-521-89802-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Douglas+Haig+and+the+First+World+War&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-521-89802-7&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=J.P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeathcote1999" class="citation book cs1">Heathcote, Tony (1999). <i>The British Field Marshals 1736–1997</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85052-696-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-85052-696-5"><bdi>0-85052-696-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+British+Field+Marshals+1736%E2%80%931997&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-85052-696-5&rft.aulast=Heathcote&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMead2007" class="citation book cs1">Mead, Richard (2007). <i>Churchill's Lions: A Biographical Guide to the Key British Generals of World War II</i>. Stroud: Spellmount. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86227-431-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86227-431-0"><bdi>978-1-86227-431-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Churchill%27s+Lions%3A+A+Biographical+Guide+to+the+Key+British+Generals+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pub=Spellmount&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-86227-431-0&rft.aulast=Mead&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmart2005" class="citation book cs1">Smart, Nick (2005). <i>Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War</i>. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1844150496" title="Special:BookSources/1844150496"><bdi>1844150496</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biographical+Dictionary+of+British+Generals+of+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Barnesley&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1844150496&rft.aulast=Smart&rft.aufirst=Nick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Danchev, Alex. "Very Special Relationship: Field Marshal Sir John Dill and General George Marshall." <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marshallfoundation.org/marshall/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2014/04/Dill+Marshall.pdf">online</a></li> <li>Danchev, Alex. "'Dilly-Dally', or Having the Last Word: Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Prime Minister Winston Churchill." <i>Journal of Contemporary History</i> 22.1 (1987): 21–44.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStoler2003" class="citation book cs1">Stoler, Mark A. (2003). <i>Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance, and US Strategy in World War II</i>. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Allies+and+Adversaries%3A+The+Joint+Chiefs+of+Staff%2C+the+Grand+Alliance%2C+and+US+Strategy+in+World+War+II&rft.place=Chapel+Hill&rft.pub=University+of+North+Carolina+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Stoler&rft.aufirst=Mark+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Dill" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dill&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:John_Dill" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:John Dill">John Dill</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_D02.html#Dill_JG">British Army Officers 1939–1945</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720066/DILL,%20Sir%20JOHN%20GREER">CWGC: John Dill</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.generals.dk/general/Dill/John_Greer/Great_Britain.html">Generals of World War II</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purl.org/pressemappe20/folder/pe/004022">Newspaper clippings about John Dill</a> in the <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Press_Archives" title="20th Century Press Archives">20th Century Press Archives</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_National_Library_of_Economics" title="German National Library of Economics">ZBW</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arlingtoncemetery.net/jgdill.htm">"Sir John Greer Dill"</a>. at ArlingtonCemetery.net. 7 November 2022. 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rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Clement_Armitage" title="Clement Armitage">Clement Armitage</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF157;">Honorary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecil_Lothian_Nicholson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecil Lothian Nicholson (page does not exist)">Cecil Nicholson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Regiment">Colonel of the East Lancashire Regiment</a> </b><br />1932–1944 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Tennant_McMullen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugh Tennant McMullen (page does not exist)">Hugh McMullen</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> 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Command">GOC British forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan</a> </b><br />1936–1937 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell" title="Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell">Archibald Wavell</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Gathorne-Hardy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Francis Gathorne-Hardy">Sir John Gathorne-Hardy</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Command" title="Aldershot Command">GOC-in-C Aldershot Command</a> </b><br />1937–1939 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Broad_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Broad (British Army officer)">Sir Charles Broad</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td 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General Staff</a> </b><br />April–May 1940 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Haining" title="Robert Haining">Sir Robert Haining</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Ironside,_1st_Baron_Ironside" title="Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside">Sir Edmund Ironside</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a> </b><br />1940–1941 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Sir Alan Brooke</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: 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