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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 07:14, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
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Miles Dempsey
Dempsey is invested with his knighthood by King George VI
- ... that Miles Dempsey (pictured) replicated a feat of a distant ancestor by being invested with a knighthood in the field? Source: "AN INVESTITURE IN THE FIELD. H.M. the King to-day held an Investiture in the Field, when he knighted three generals and presented numerous other decorations. Lt. Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey received the K.C.B." ([1]) For his ancestor, see [2], pp. 91-92
- ALT1:... that Miles Dempsey (pictured) was invested with his knighthood in the field? Source: as above
Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:00, 19 September 2021 (UTC).
Hi Hawkeye7, review follows: article promoted to GA on 19 September; exceeds minimum length and is well written; cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't pick up any issues with overly close paraphrasing from a random spot-check; a QPQ has been carried out; photograph is in article and appropriately licensed; hook is interesting and mentioned in the article, I an verify the 1944 and 1599 knighthoods but I am not sure how to verify that Miles was a descendent of Terence? He doesn't seem to be mentioned in the source cited for the sentence " Dempsey was the descendant of a clan in Offaly and Laois in Ireland"; if you could give me a pointer, that'd be great - Dumelow (talk) 07:57, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
