Talk:Claude Auchinleck

message: There is a discussion going on here whether or not the first sentence of a biographical article should contain the full name of the individual and include any post nominal initials (eg. VC, KCB, OBE) or whether these should be relegated to later in the article. I have tried to point out that this is standard style and part of their full titles but there are “readability” concerns. This arose because of the Richard O’Connor featured article and one possible solution, a biobox, is now in place on that page. Please make your opinions known. Dabbler 12:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style issue discussion 

message: He must have been doing something...
can someone come up with good reference especially for last paragraph.
According to Philip Warner's biography (Auchinleck: The Lonely Soldier):
Auchinleck went to Egypt with his regiment in October 1914 to fight the Turks.  In December 1915 they went to Mesopotamia and took part in the attack on Kut-al-Amara.  After a brief leave in India in August 1916, Auchinleck rejoined his regiment for the march on Baghdad.  He subsequently became Brigade Major of 52 Brigade and after the armistice with Turkey in October 1918 held staff appointments in the 1919 campaign against Kurdish rebels.  During the First World War he learned important lessons that were of benefit to him as a General over 20 years later, such as the folly of frontal attacks against heavily prepared positions and the vital necessity of preparing and equipping troops properly before committing them to battle.
:Added some details, but no ref yet to Kurdish actions. Folks at 137 22:49, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: World War I

message: Would anyone mind if ...sometime or other... I included something in reference to Correlli Barnett's 'rehabilitation' of Auchenleck's reputation. I thought his conclusions were interesting, especially his analysis of Auchenleck's contribution (in planning) towards the second battle of Alamein. 
Chrisw zeroenmity (talk) 13:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Correlli Barnett

message: Hello,
I have a letter from Auchinleck to Agar-Hamilton dated Nov 1954 and on printed notepaper with an address in London. Since Agar-Hamilton had sent him a copy of his book we might assume that he maintained his London address at that time (5 Green Park Chambers, Piccadilly, W.1.). I am not adding any comment since more detail might be needed.
I will add Agar-Hamilton's book CRISIS IN THE DESERT MAY-JULY 1942 which is of direct relevance to Auchinleck.
anotheranne
Anotheranne (talk) 10:05, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Postwar residence 

message: You say his wife left him for an RAF officer in 1946  -  and that is the only mention her. Who was she? When and where did they marry? Did she accompany him on any of his postings? And were there any children? 86.179.207.23 (talk) 22:25, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Details of the officer now included. Dormskirk (talk) 22:46, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auk's marriage 

message: The following, from Retirement, looks wrong:
"Lord Auckinleck attended the 1953 Spithead Review. He boarded the MV Caltex Bahrain, a merchant tanker of the Overseas Tankship Fleet."
-- I suggest it be removed, entirely and right away, until someone who knows all this well tidies it up -- just for instance, a) he wasn't a Lord, and b) his name isn't even spelled correctly -- so both of those make me suspect that the silly-sounding & citation-needed remainder, "attended the 1953 Spithead Review. He boarded the MV Caltex Bahrain, a merchant tanker of the Overseas Tankship Fleet", is just some troll mucking about, here. Kessler (talk) 03:19, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed quite a bit of uncited material about activities during his retirement. Dormskirk (talk) 22:48, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looks wrong 

message: I find this image absurd. It doesn't illustrate the life of Auchinleck, so does anyone have any views against removing it? Moonraker (talk) 18:17, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Support its removal. Dormskirk (talk) 23:28, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: "The house where Auchinleck was born as it was in 2016"

message: Is somebody able to edit in the fact that although Ronald Hyam does indeed allege that Auchinleck was "let off with a high-level warning" over his relationships with Indian boys, his book, Empire and Sexuality: The British Experience, provides no source or reference for the allegation? I can find nobody who has gone to print with anything more concrete than hearsay on this matter. I'd pen the caveat myself, only editing is restricted. The relevant pages are online if anybody needs to check. There is a footnote, but it refers to other points in the paragraph.Charley Fortnum (talk) 17:38, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allegations of homosexuality or worse 

message: What is actual pronunciation of his name? Please add the IPA! Propatriamori (talk) 12:48, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is actual pronunciation?