British military personnel biographies
Battle of Normandy
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Name
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Rank
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Role during the Battle of Normandy
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| Miles Dempsey | General | Commander of the 2nd Army |
| Richard Gale | General | Commander of the 6th Airborne Division |
| Bernard Shaw Montgomery | Field Marshall | Commander in chief of Allied ground forces |
| Percy Hobart | Major General | Commander of the 79th Armoured Division |
| Stanley Hollis | CSM | Platoon leader, B Company, 6th Battalion, Green Howards |
| Bill Millin | Private | 1st S.S.B. bagpipe player on D-Day |
| Air forces |
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Name
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Rank
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Role during the Battle of Normandy
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| Arthur Coningham | Air Marshal | Commander of the 2nd Tactical Air Force |
| Arthur T. Harris | Air Marshal | Royal Air Force Bomber Command |
| Trafford Leigh-Mallory | Air Marshal | Commander in chief of Allied air forces |
| Arthur Tedder | Air Chief Marshal | Deputy Supreme Commander |
| Naval forces |
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Name
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Rank
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Role during the Battle of Normandy
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| Bertram H. Ramsay | Admiral | Commander in chief of Allied naval forces |
| Philip L. Vian | Admiral | Commander of the Eastern Task Force |
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