Authorities attending the defile of the troops - Parade at Lille, France - October, 1918. The unmistakable chin of 'Liberator' Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood can be seen (left of centre). Birdwood was a First World War British general who is best known as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.