Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st
Earl Alexander of Tunis 1891-1969.
Africa, and the Mediterranean. He was
governor general of Canada 1946-52 and
minister of defence 1952-54. In World War II
he was the last person to leave in the
evacuation of Dunkirk. In Burma he fought a
delaying action for five months against
superior Japanese forces. In Aug 1942 he went
to N Africa, and in 1943 became deputy to
Eisenhower in charge of the Allied forces in
Tunisia. After the Axis forces in N Africa
surrendered, Alexander became supreme Allied
commander in the Mediterranean , and in 1944,
field marshal.