1937 Sweeping changes in War Office personnel
April 22, 2026
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0:23Now Playing1937 Sweeping changes in War Office personnel
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as posted by the channelDate: 6th December 1937
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Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Sweeping changes in war office personnel, made by Mr. Hore Belisham, bring average age of army council down from 63-years-old to 52-years-old, including the ouster of Chief of Staff Deverill and his replacement by General Viscount Gort
DEVERILL, Chief of Staff (Field-Marshall) Lib shot used when he resigns as chiefs of Imperial General Staff
GORT, Major-General Viscount Becomes Chief of Imperial General Staff
HORE BELISHA, Mr Lib shots used when he appoints new War Office personnel
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Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell, Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
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