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Portrait of Lord Aldington by Bernard Hailstone#1150059

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Portrait of Lord Aldington by Bernard Hailstone#1150059
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Lord Aldington, Born on May 25, 1914, was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, before serving in World War II in Greece, Crete, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Italy and Austria. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Croix de Guerre and the American Legion of Merit. He entered Parliament in 1945 as a Conservative member for Blackpool North and became minister of trade when Churchill returned to office in 1951 and, later, vice chairman of the Conservative Party. He was ennobled in 1962.

During World War II Lord Aldington (then known by his given name, Toby Low) as a brigadier on the staff of the British forces occupying Austria at the end of the war was responsible for overseeing the repatriation of Soviet citizens in Austria to the USSR as called for in the agreement forged by the Allies at Yalta. Unfortunately, a significant number of Soviet citizens did not want to return to the USSR and had to be forcibly repatriated in what was termed Operation Keelhaul (in fact, force had to be used against Cossacks who refused to return to the USSR). Along with Soviet citizens, however, non-Soviet citizens to whom the deportation order did not apply were also turned over the Soviets. The motives for doing so were a combination of wanting to finish the job as quickly as possible as well as placating the Soviet government.

On May 21, 1945, Low issued an order that effectively commanded troops to ignore individual claims "unless particularly pressed" and "in all cases of ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good overall condition.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1975</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United Kingdom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Bernard Hailstone (1910-1987)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:36</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:28</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Lord Aldington by Bernard Hailstone</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Modern British</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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