Lashmer Whistler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British Army general
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1898
Place of Birth: British Raj, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-Jul-1963
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Lashmer Whistler
- General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler, (3 September 1898 – 4 July 1963), known as "Bolo", was a British Army officer who served in both the world wars.
- A junior officer during the First World War, during the Second World War he achieved senior rank serving with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in North Africa and North-western Europe from 1942 to 1945.
- Montgomery considered that Whistler "was about the best infantry brigade commander I knew".
- In peacetime, his outstanding powers of leadership were shown in a series of roles in the decolonisation process, and he reached the four-star rank of a full general, without having attended the Staff College, Camberley, then considered almost essential for an officer wishing to attain high rank, and which a significant majority of the British generals of the war had attended.
- This, in Richard Mead's words, was "proof that lacking a Staff College qualification was no barrier to advancement for the right man."
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