serviceyears monarch branch death_date children allegiance mawards birth_date term_end restingplace alma_mater laterwork commands death_place battles order term_start spouse image rank name caption predecessor birth_place office nickname successor religion primeminister article_title birth_name
1914 -- 1948 1949 -- 1952 elizabeth ii uk british raj 14 december 1970 2nd viscount slim una mary slim british empire knight order of the bath knight grand cross of the order of of st michael and st george knight grand cross of the the royal victorian order knight grand cross of the order garter of the british empire distinguished service order military cross knight knight of the order of st john chief commander of the grand legion of merit -lrb- united states -rrb- cross of the 06 august 1891 2 february 1960 cremated memorial plaque in st paul 's cathedral indian staff college , quetta governor-general of australia constable and governor of windsor castle chief imperial defence college allied land forces south east asia fourteenth of army xv corps burma corps 10th indian infantry division 10th the indian infantry brigade 2nd bn 7th gurkha rifles imperial general staff commandant of the london , united kingdom '' ` first world war '' ' 13th 8 may 1953 aileen 1926 -- 1970 , his death -rrb- , viscountess slim -lrb- née robertson -rrb- -lrb- william slim , 1950.jpg field marshal the viscount slim william slim in 1950 sir william mckell bishopston , united kingdom governor-general of australia uncle bill the viscount dunrossil roman catholicism robert menzies william slim , 1st viscount slim
 william joseph slim
william slim , 1st viscount slim

field marshal william joseph slim , 1st viscount slim , -lrb- 6 august 1891 -- 14 december 1970 -rrb- , usually known as bill slim , was a british military commander and the 13th governor-general of australia .
slim saw active service in both the first and second world wars and was wounded in action three times .
during the second world war he led the 14th army , the so-called `` forgotten army '' in the burma campaign .
after the war he became the first british officer who had served in the indian army to be appointed chief of the imperial general staff .
from 1953 to 1959 he was governor-general of australia and is regarded by many australians as an authentic war hero who had fought with the anzacs at gallipoli .
in the early 1930s , slim also wrote novels , short stories , and other publications under the pen name anthony mills .
