About John Eldridge
Lived 1898 – 1985 (aged 86–87). John Eldridge was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-General Sir William John Eldridge, (2 March 1898 – 3 November 1985) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District from 1951 to 1953.
Military career Eldridge was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915 during the First World War and served in France and Belgium. He was awarded the Military Cross in September 1917 for his actions during the war, and the Distinguished Service Order in January 1919.
After the war Eldridge was involved in operations in Iraq. He also served in the Second World War and was deployed to Italy in 1944.
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British Army general
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John Eldridge was born in 1898.
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John Eldridge died in 1985.
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