page_title: King Edward's School, Birmingham
section_title: Armed Forces and the Intelligence Services
hierarchical_section_title: King Edward's School, Birmingham / Notable former pupils / Armed Forces and the Intelligence Services
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir William Slim, a British general during World War II. Photograph taken 29 June 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer.
context_page_description: King Edward's School is a selective independent day school for boys in Edgbaston, an area of Birmingham, England. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. As of 2019, King Edward's School was ranked as one of the top 10 International Baccalaureate schools in the United Kingdom.
  It is a boys' school, although it shares the site, and is twinned, with King Edward VI High School for Girls. Whilst the two schools are run completely separately, dramatic arts, societies, music and other events are often shared; the schools also share a couple of hockey pitches and several clubs. The shared area is called Winterbourne after the nearby Winterbourne Botanic Garden.
  Alumni of the school include two Nobel laureates, J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, and Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British military commander in Burma during the Second World War.
context_section_description: Hugh Alexander, codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, and later head of the cryptanalysis division at GCHQ. He was also twice a British chess champion.
  Lieutenant Colonel John Augustus Conolly, won the Victoria Cross at the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. He is the only winner of the VC from the school.
  Sir Colin Figures, Head of MI6
  Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Ian Fleming's supposed inspiration for "M"
  Denis Hills, soldier and adventurer
  Field Marshal William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Commander of the successful Burma Campaign against the Japanese during the Second World War and later Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS)
  Sir Arthur Smout, Director-General of Ammunition Production for the British Armed Forces during the Second World War
caption: Field Marshall Sir William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim was the 13th Governor-General of Australia and military commander in Burma during the Second World War.
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