Claude Auchinleck

Other sources, including the online Dictionary of Ulster Biography, wrongly state that Auchinleck was born in Co Fermanagh, Ulster
Alanbrooke in a footnote to his diary entry of 30 January wrote: "Auchinleck, to my mind, had most of the qualifications to make him one of the finest of commanders, but unfortunately he lacked the most important of all – the ability to select the men to serve him. The selection of Corbett as his Chief of Staff, Dorman-Smith as his chief advisor, and Shearer as his head of intelligence service contributed most of all to his downfall"[54]