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{{Short description|Former Governor-General of Australia (1891–1970)}} | {{Short description|Former Governor-General of Australia (1891–1970)}} | ||
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| honorific-prefix = [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]]<br />[[The Right Honourable]] | | honorific-prefix = [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]]<br />[[The Right Honourable]] | ||
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Slim became battalion adjutant with the 6th Gurkha Rifles in 1921.{{sfn|Heathcote|1999|p=260}} | Slim became battalion adjutant with the 6th Gurkha Rifles in 1921.{{sfn|Heathcote|1999|p=260}} | ||
On 1 January 1926, he married Aileen Robertson, daughter of Rev John Anderson Robertson (d.1941) minister of [[Cramond]] near [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiasco08scotuoft/fastiecclesiasco08scotuoft_djvu.txt|title=The succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation|access-date=6 March | On 1 January 1926, he married Aileen Robertson, daughter of Rev John Anderson Robertson (d.1941) minister of [[Cramond]] near [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiasco08scotuoft/fastiecclesiasco08scotuoft_djvu.txt|title=The succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> They had one son and one daughter.{{sfn|Heathcote|1999|p=260}} Later that year Slim was sent to the [[Staff College, Quetta]]. On 5 June 1929, he was appointed a General Staff Officer, Second Grade.<ref name=LG_05>{{London Gazette|issue=33544|page=6620 |date=18 October 1929 }}</ref> | ||
On 1 January 1930, he was given the [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] rank of major,<ref name=LG_06>{{London Gazette|issue=33576|pages=726–727|date=4 February 1930}}</ref> with formal promotion to this rank made on 19 May 1933.<ref name=LG_07>{{London Gazette|issue=33952|page=4205|date=23 June 1933}}</ref> His performance at Staff College resulted in his appointment first to Army Headquarters India in [[Delhi]] and then to [[Staff College, Camberley]], in England (as a General Staff Officer, Second Grade),<ref name=LG_08>{{London Gazette|issue=34017|page=541|date=23 January 1934 }}</ref> where he taught from 1934 to 1937. During this period, he also wrote novels, short stories, and other publications under the pen name of Anthony Mills, in order to further his literary interests, as well as to supplement his then modest army salary.{{sfn|Lewin|1976|p=50}} | On 1 January 1930, he was given the [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] rank of major,<ref name=LG_06>{{London Gazette|issue=33576|pages=726–727|date=4 February 1930}}</ref> with formal promotion to this rank made on 19 May 1933.<ref name=LG_07>{{London Gazette|issue=33952|page=4205|date=23 June 1933}}</ref> His performance at Staff College resulted in his appointment first to Army Headquarters India in [[Delhi]] and then to [[Staff College, Camberley]], in England (as a General Staff Officer, Second Grade),<ref name=LG_08>{{London Gazette|issue=34017|page=541|date=23 January 1934 }}</ref> where he taught from 1934 to 1937. During this period, he also wrote novels, short stories, and other publications under the pen name of Anthony Mills, in order to further his literary interests, as well as to supplement his then modest army salary.{{sfn|Lewin|1976|p=50}} | ||
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The Japanese garrison in Mandalay chose not to surrender, using the forts built by the British and the maze of pagodas in downtown Mandalay to fight to the death in [[Battle of Mandalay|an urban battle]] that destroyed much of the city, which finally fell to the British Fourteenth Army on 20 March 1945.{{sfn|Murray|Millet|2000|p=491}} Slim's plan was a masterpiece of [[operational art]], and the capture of Meiktila left most of Japan's troops stranded in Burma without supplies. The Allies had reached the open plains of central Burma, sallying out and breaking Japanese attacking forces in isolation, maintaining the initiative at all times, backed up by air-land cooperation, including resupply by air and close air support, performed by both RAF and USAAF units.{{sfn|McLynn|2011|p=379}} Slim followed up this victory by ordering his coastal corps to seize the mouth of the Irrawaddy where it flowed into the [[Bay of Bengal]].{{sfn|Murray|Millet|2000|p=491}} | The Japanese garrison in Mandalay chose not to surrender, using the forts built by the British and the maze of pagodas in downtown Mandalay to fight to the death in [[Battle of Mandalay|an urban battle]] that destroyed much of the city, which finally fell to the British Fourteenth Army on 20 March 1945.{{sfn|Murray|Millet|2000|p=491}} Slim's plan was a masterpiece of [[operational art]], and the capture of Meiktila left most of Japan's troops stranded in Burma without supplies. The Allies had reached the open plains of central Burma, sallying out and breaking Japanese attacking forces in isolation, maintaining the initiative at all times, backed up by air-land cooperation, including resupply by air and close air support, performed by both RAF and USAAF units.{{sfn|McLynn|2011|p=379}} Slim followed up this victory by ordering his coastal corps to seize the mouth of the Irrawaddy where it flowed into the [[Bay of Bengal]].{{sfn|Murray|Millet|2000|p=491}} | ||
In combination with these attacks, [[Force 136]] helped initiate a countrywide uprising of the [[Bamar people]] against the Japanese. In addition to fighting the allied advance south, the Japanese were faced with heavy attacks from behind their own lines. As he advanced into Burma, Slim discovered gruesome evidence of the nature of Japanese rule in Burma, finding in village after village, Burmese peasants who had been tied to trees and bayoneted to death as the Japanese preferred bayonet practice with people rather than sandbags as normally is the case.{{sfn|Dower|1986|p=44}} Toward the end of the campaign, the army raced south to capture [[Rangoon]] before the start of the monsoon.{{sfn|Murray|Millet|2000|p=491}} It was considered necessary to capture the port because of the length of the supply lines overland from India and the impossibility of supply by air or land during the monsoon. Rangoon was eventually taken by a combined attack from the land (Slim's army), the air (parachute operations south of the city) and [[Operation Dracula|a seaborne invasion]]. Also assisting in the capture of Rangoon was the [[Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League]] led by [[Thakin Soe]], with [[Aung San]] (the future Prime Minister of Burma and father of [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]) as one of its military commanders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/burma_campaign_01.shtml|title=The Burma Campaign 1941 – 1945|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 September | In combination with these attacks, [[Force 136]] helped initiate a countrywide uprising of the [[Bamar people]] against the Japanese. In addition to fighting the allied advance south, the Japanese were faced with heavy attacks from behind their own lines. As he advanced into Burma, Slim discovered gruesome evidence of the nature of Japanese rule in Burma, finding in village after village, Burmese peasants who had been tied to trees and bayoneted to death as the Japanese preferred bayonet practice with people rather than sandbags as normally is the case.{{sfn|Dower|1986|p=44}} Toward the end of the campaign, the army raced south to capture [[Rangoon]] before the start of the monsoon.{{sfn|Murray|Millet|2000|p=491}} It was considered necessary to capture the port because of the length of the supply lines overland from India and the impossibility of supply by air or land during the monsoon. Rangoon was eventually taken by a combined attack from the land (Slim's army), the air (parachute operations south of the city) and [[Operation Dracula|a seaborne invasion]]. Also assisting in the capture of Rangoon was the [[Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League]] led by [[Thakin Soe]], with [[Aung San]] (the future Prime Minister of Burma and father of [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]) as one of its military commanders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/burma_campaign_01.shtml|title=The Burma Campaign 1941 – 1945|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref> | ||
As the Burma campaign came to an end, Slim was informed in May by [[Oliver Leese]], the commander of [[11th Army Group|Allied Land Forces South-East Asia (ALFSEA)]] that he would not be commanding Fourteenth Army in the forthcoming invasion planned for [[British Malaya|Malaya]] but would take command of the new [[Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)|Twelfth Army]] being formed to mop up in Burma.{{sfn|Mead|2007|p=425}} Slim refused the appointment, saying he would prefer to retire. As the news spread, Fourteenth Army fell into turmoil and [[Alan Brooke]], the [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]], furious at not having been consulted by Leese, and [[Claude Auchinleck]], the C-in-C India who was at the time in London, brought pressure to bear.<ref>Alanbrook in his diary entry of 17 May wrote "...(met) with Auk about appointment of Slim to Burma Command. Leese is going quite wild and doing mad things, prepared a fair rap on the knuckles for him!"</ref> The Supreme Allied Commander of the Southeast Asia Theatre, [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]] was obliged to order Leese to undo the damage. On 1 July 1945, Slim was promoted to [[General (United Kingdom)|general]]<ref name=LG_22>{{London Gazette|issue=37239 |page=4319 |supp=y|date=28 August 1945}}</ref> and was informed that he was to succeed Leese as C-in-C ALFSEA. However, by the time he took up the post, having taken some leave, the war was at an end.{{sfn|Mead|2007|p=425}} | As the Burma campaign came to an end, Slim was informed in May by [[Oliver Leese]], the commander of [[11th Army Group|Allied Land Forces South-East Asia (ALFSEA)]] that he would not be commanding Fourteenth Army in the forthcoming invasion planned for [[British Malaya|Malaya]] but would take command of the new [[Twelfth Army (United Kingdom)|Twelfth Army]] being formed to mop up in Burma.{{sfn|Mead|2007|p=425}} Slim refused the appointment, saying he would prefer to retire. As the news spread, Fourteenth Army fell into turmoil and [[Alan Brooke]], the [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]], furious at not having been consulted by Leese, and [[Claude Auchinleck]], the C-in-C India who was at the time in London, brought pressure to bear.<ref>Alanbrook in his diary entry of 17 May wrote "...(met) with Auk about appointment of Slim to Burma Command. Leese is going quite wild and doing mad things, prepared a fair rap on the knuckles for him!"</ref> The Supreme Allied Commander of the Southeast Asia Theatre, [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]] was obliged to order Leese to undo the damage. On 1 July 1945, Slim was promoted to [[General (United Kingdom)|general]]<ref name=LG_22>{{London Gazette|issue=37239 |page=4319 |supp=y|date=28 August 1945}}</ref> and was informed that he was to succeed Leese as C-in-C ALFSEA. However, by the time he took up the post, having taken some leave, the war was at an end.{{sfn|Mead|2007|p=425}} | ||
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===Governor-General of Australia=== | ===Governor-General of Australia=== | ||
On 10 December 1952 Slim was made a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (GCMG) on his appointment as [[Governor-General of Australia]]<ref name=LG_32>{{London Gazette|issue=39716|page=6544|date=12 December 1952}}</ref> which post he took up on 8 May 1953. On 2 January 1953, he was appointed a [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Knight of the Order of St. John]] (KStJ).<ref name=LG_33>{{London Gazette|issue=39743|page=94|date=2 January 1953}}</ref> Slim was a popular choice for Governor-General since he was an authentic war hero who had fought alongside Australians at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. In 1954 he was able to welcome [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] on the first visit by a reigning monarch to Australia. For his services to the Queen during the tour, he was appointed a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] (GCVO) on 27 April 1954.<ref name=LG_36>{{London Gazette|issue=40159|page=2500|date=27 April 1954}}</ref> [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] leader [[Robert Menzies]] held office throughout Slim's time in Australia. His [[Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia|Official Secretary]] throughout his term was [[Murray Tyrrell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3579896 |title=National Library of Australia |publisher=Nla.gov.au |access-date=12 September | On 10 December 1952 Slim was made a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (GCMG) on his appointment as [[Governor-General of Australia]]<ref name=LG_32>{{London Gazette|issue=39716|page=6544|date=12 December 1952}}</ref> which post he took up on 8 May 1953. On 2 January 1953, he was appointed a [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Knight of the Order of St. John]] (KStJ).<ref name=LG_33>{{London Gazette|issue=39743|page=94|date=2 January 1953}}</ref> Slim was a popular choice for Governor-General since he was an authentic war hero who had fought alongside Australians at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. In 1954 he was able to welcome [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] on the first visit by a reigning monarch to Australia. For his services to the Queen during the tour, he was appointed a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]] (GCVO) on 27 April 1954.<ref name=LG_36>{{London Gazette|issue=40159|page=2500|date=27 April 1954}}</ref> [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] leader [[Robert Menzies]] held office throughout Slim's time in Australia. His [[Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia|Official Secretary]] throughout his term was [[Murray Tyrrell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3579896 |title=National Library of Australia |publisher=Nla.gov.au |access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref> | ||
===Retirement=== | ===Retirement=== | ||
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==Allegations== | ==Allegations== | ||
During his tenure as Governor-General of Australia, Slim was patron of the [[Fairbridge Farm]] school child migration to Australia. Forty-seven years later, in 2007, three former child migrants alleged Slim sexually assaulted them during visits to Fairbridge Farm.{{sfn|Hill|2007|p={{page needed|date=March | During his tenure as Governor-General of Australia, Slim was patron of the [[Fairbridge Farm]] school child migration to Australia. Forty-seven years later, in 2007, three former child migrants alleged Slim sexually assaulted them during visits to Fairbridge Farm.{{sfn|Hill|2007|p={{page needed|date=March 2015}}}} The allegations were dismissed at the time both by those who had served under Slim in the army and by his [[John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim|son]].{{sfn|Leech|Box|2007}} The allegations were aired again on ABC television in the programme ''The Long Journey Home'', broadcast on 17 November 2009.{{sfn|ABC staff|2009}} On 27 February 2017, the ABC again aired allegations against Slim and Fairbridge Farm. | ||
{{Quote|Somehow or another, I was sat on his [Slim's] knee and, ah, um, these silky white hands were right up, because I was wearing shorts, right up my trousers and yeah, it was not, not very nice.|source=Robert Stephens' claims of a drive in Governor-General Slim's car, 2017<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2017/s4627505.htm |title=Inquiry to expose sexual abuse of British child migrants – 27/02/2017 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2017-02-27 |access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref>}} | {{Quote|Somehow or another, I was sat on his [Slim's] knee and, ah, um, these silky white hands were right up, because I was wearing shorts, right up my trousers and yeah, it was not, not very nice.|source=Robert Stephens' claims of a drive in Governor-General Slim's car, 2017<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2017/s4627505.htm |title=Inquiry to expose sexual abuse of British child migrants – 27/02/2017 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2017-02-27 |access-date=2017-03-29}}</ref>}} | ||
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* The Slim Officers' Mess at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] is named after him and was opened in August 2004 by his son.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=211&content_name=Defence%20Estates&article=5511 |title=Defence Management Journal, Issue 32 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729040446/http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=211&content_name=Defence%20Estates&article=5511 |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=9 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> | * The Slim Officers' Mess at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] is named after him and was opened in August 2004 by his son.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=211&content_name=Defence%20Estates&article=5511 |title=Defence Management Journal, Issue 32 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729040446/http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=211&content_name=Defence%20Estates&article=5511 |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=9 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
* On 7 September 2008, a plaque in Slim's memory, and those who served with him, was unveiled at the [[Bristol Cenotaph|Cenotaph]] in his native Bristol. Fr Robert King of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton|Diocese of Clifton]] was joined by faith leaders from the [[Hindu]], [[Muslim]] and [[Sikh]] communities at the ceremony, which was led by the Lord Mayor of Bristol's chaplain, the Rev. Prebendary Harold Clarke.<ref>[http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=97 Plaque in Slim's honour unveiled at Bristol cenotaph on 7 September 2008]</ref> | * On 7 September 2008, a plaque in Slim's memory, and those who served with him, was unveiled at the [[Bristol Cenotaph|Cenotaph]] in his native Bristol. Fr Robert King of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton|Diocese of Clifton]] was joined by faith leaders from the [[Hindu]], [[Muslim]] and [[Sikh]] communities at the ceremony, which was led by the Lord Mayor of Bristol's chaplain, the Rev. Prebendary Harold Clarke.<ref>[http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=97 Plaque in Slim's honour unveiled at Bristol cenotaph on 7 September 2008]</ref> | ||
* The road Viscount Slim Avenue, in [[Whyalla]], South Australia is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whereis.com/sa/whyalla-norrie-5608/yellowId-14977093|title=Salvation Army|publisher=Where it is|access-date=12 September | * The road Viscount Slim Avenue, in [[Whyalla]], South Australia is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whereis.com/sa/whyalla-norrie-5608/yellowId-14977093|title=Salvation Army|publisher=Where it is|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref> | ||
* The Slim Building at the [[Cranfield University]] Shrivenham Campus is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/study/studying-at-cranfield/arrivals-and-registration/shrivenham/shrivenham-student-handbook-seventh-edition.pdf|title=A student's guide to Shrivenham|publisher=Cranfield University|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021094939/http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/study/studying-at-cranfield/arrivals-and-registration/shrivenham/shrivenham-student-handbook-seventh-edition.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | * The Slim Building at the [[Cranfield University]] Shrivenham Campus is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/study/studying-at-cranfield/arrivals-and-registration/shrivenham/shrivenham-student-handbook-seventh-edition.pdf|title=A student's guide to Shrivenham|publisher=Cranfield University|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021094939/http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/study/studying-at-cranfield/arrivals-and-registration/shrivenham/shrivenham-student-handbook-seventh-edition.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* The [[Slim School]] was a [[British Families Education Service]] co-educational secondary school located in the [[Cameron Highlands]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], and was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slimschoolmalaya.com/slimmers.htm|title=Slim School|publisher=Slim School|access-date=21 February | * The [[Slim School]] was a [[British Families Education Service]] co-educational secondary school located in the [[Cameron Highlands]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], and was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slimschoolmalaya.com/slimmers.htm|title=Slim School|publisher=Slim School|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Historical assessment== | ==Historical assessment== | ||
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A [[Statue of the Viscount Slim, London|statue of Slim]] on [[Whitehall]], outside the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], was unveiled by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1990. Designed by [[Ivor Roberts-Jones]], the statue is one of three British Second World War military leaders (the others being [[Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke|Alan Brooke]] and [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukattraction.com/london/statue-of-viscount-slim.htm |title=UK attractions: Statue of Viscount Slim |access-date=26 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111142308/http://www.ukattraction.com/london/statue-of-viscount-slim.htm |archive-date=11 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | A [[Statue of the Viscount Slim, London|statue of Slim]] on [[Whitehall]], outside the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], was unveiled by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1990. Designed by [[Ivor Roberts-Jones]], the statue is one of three British Second World War military leaders (the others being [[Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke|Alan Brooke]] and [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukattraction.com/london/statue-of-viscount-slim.htm |title=UK attractions: Statue of Viscount Slim |access-date=26 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111142308/http://www.ukattraction.com/london/statue-of-viscount-slim.htm |archive-date=11 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
Slim's papers were collected by his biographer, [[Ronald Lewin]], and given to the [[Churchill Archives Centre]] by Slim's wife, Aileen, Viscountess Slim, and son, [[John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim]], and other donors, 1977–2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FSLIM |title=Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709143227/http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/SLIM |archive-date=9 July 2012 |access-date=12 June 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewin's biography, ''Slim: The Standardbearer'', was awarded the 1977 [[WH Smith Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/480-wh-smith-literary-award|title=WH Smith Literary Award Winners|publisher=Good Reads|access-date=12 September | Slim's papers were collected by his biographer, [[Ronald Lewin]], and given to the [[Churchill Archives Centre]] by Slim's wife, Aileen, Viscountess Slim, and son, [[John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim]], and other donors, 1977–2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FSLIM |title=Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709143227/http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/SLIM |archive-date=9 July 2012 |access-date=12 June 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewin's biography, ''Slim: The Standardbearer'', was awarded the 1977 [[WH Smith Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/480-wh-smith-literary-award|title=WH Smith Literary Award Winners|publisher=Good Reads|access-date=12 September 2015}}</ref> | ||
==Arms== | ==Arms== | ||
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{{Commons category|William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim}} | {{Commons category|William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim}} | ||
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-slim | the Viscount Slim }} | * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-slim | the Viscount Slim }} | ||
* {{cite web|author=NAM staff |url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/britains-greatest-general |title=Britain's Greatest General |publisher=[[National Army Museum]]|date=9 April | * {{cite web|author=NAM staff |url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/britains-greatest-general |title=Britain's Greatest General |publisher=[[National Army Museum]]|date=9 April 2011}}: "The joint winners of Britain's Greatest General, as decided by the audience at [the National Army Museum] celebrity speaker event on Saturday 9 April 2011, were William Slim and The [[Duke of Wellington]]". | ||
*[https://generals.dk/general/Slim/William_Joseph/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II] | *[https://generals.dk/general/Slim/William_Joseph/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II] | ||
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_S01.html#Slim_WJ Indian Army Officers 1939−1945] | *[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_S01.html#Slim_WJ Indian Army Officers 1939−1945] | ||