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Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall KCB, KBE, DSO & Bar (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several important command and staff appointments during World War II. In particular, he was Chief of Staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and Belgium until the fall of France in May 1940. He was later Chief of Staff to General Archibald Wavell until the fall of Singapore in 1942, and Chief of Staff to Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1943–44. == Early career == Pownall was born on 19 November 1887〔''Chief of Staff: The Diaries of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Volume One 1933–1940'', Ed by Brian Bond, Leo Cooper, 1972, p xiv〕 and received his education at Rugby School and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. After graduating he began his military service with the Royal Field Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, during which he was stationed in both Britain and India 1906–1914. In 1909 he was promoted to lieutenant, and then captain in 1914.
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