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What is the far east and Miles Dempsey about?
Miles Dempsey was appointed to the command of the British Fourteenth Army and GOC in C Malaya Command and Land Force Commander.
Did anything significant happen to Miles Dempsey during his arrival in the far east?
By the time Miles Dempsey had arrived however, the war in the East was also over.
What did Miles Dempsey do in the military?
During the First World War Dempsey, aged just 17, volunteered for the British Army and, after graduating was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Were there any wars when Miles Dempsey was 17?
The First World War was happening when Miles Dempsey was 17.
Anything else happen to Miles Dempsey in his early military career?
Promoted to lieutenant in August 1915, Miles Dempsey served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshires, from June 1916 onwards.

Question: Was he ever a leader?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Miles Dempsey ever a leader?