Lashmer Whistler

Lashmer Whistler

General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler GCB, KBE, DSO & Two Bars, DL (3 September 1898 – 4 July 1963), known as Bolo, was a British army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War he achieved senior ranks serving with Field Marshal Montgomery in North Africa and Europe. Montgomery considered that "He was about the best infantry brigade commander I knew". In peacetime, his outstanding powers of leadership were shown in a series of roles in the decolonisation process and he reached the rank of full general.