caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards image_size name battles birth_date rank image article_title birth_name
field marshal sir gerald templer 1916 -- 1958 23px british army 47th corps 1st infantry division 56th -lrb- london -rrb- infantry division -lrb- 6th armoured division london -rrb- infantry division ii corps xi 25 october 1979 chelsea , london colchester , essex united kingdom knight cross of the order of the bath knight grand cross of of the order of st michael and st george knight the commander of the order of the british empire distinguished service order order grand commander of the order of the defender of of the realm -lrb- malaya -rrb- the garter knight grand 200px sir gerald templer first emergency world war arab revolt second world war malayan 11 september 1898 field marshal sir gerald templer.gif gerald templer
 gerald walter robert templer
gerald templer

field marshal sir gerald walter robert templer -lrb- 11 september 1898 -- 25 october 1979 -rrb- was a senior officer of the british army who fought in both world war i and world war ii .
he is best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in malaya between 1952 and 1954 .
as chief of the imperial general staff from 1955-58 , he was prime minister anthony eden 's chief military adviser during the suez crisis .
