Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer KG, GCB, GCMG, KBE, DSO (11 September 1898–25 October 1979) was a senior officer of the British Army who fought in both World War I and World War II. He is best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in Malaya between 1952 and 1954. As Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1955-58, he was Prime Minister Anthony Eden's chief military adviser during the Suez Crisis.