General the Hon Sir Harold Alexander who succeeds General Sir Claude Auchinleck. General Alexander organised the final defence and evacuation at Dunkirk and, last March, took over the command of the British Army in Burma. ?004 Topfoto Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George British marshal; governor-general of Canada 1946-1952; led Allied invasion of Italy in World War II 1943 _1891-1969