MILITARY PERSONNEL

Albert Ball

1896 - 1917

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Albert Ball, (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917) was a British fighter pilot during the First World War. At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fourth-highest scorer behind Edward Mannock, James McCudden, and George McElroy. Born and raised in Nottingham, Ball joined the Sherwood Foresters at the outbreak of the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in October 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Ball has received more than 420,376 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Albert Ball is the 1,849th most popular military personnel (down from 1,590th in 2019), the 3,993rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,481st in 2019) and the 106th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Albert Ball ranks 1,849 out of 2,058. Before him are Musa Gareyev, John André, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Volodymyr Pravyk, Kyrylo Budanov, and John Bell Hood. After him are Anton Grasser, Sergey Gritsevets, Issam Zahreddine, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Alexandros Othonaios, and Hugh S. Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Albert Ball ranks 218. Before him are Tommy Johnson, Kim Myeong-sun, George Parker, Giuseppe Enrici, Luiz Vinhaes, and Enrique Hertzog. After him are Brock Chisholm, Blanche Sweet, José Vidal, Heinz Prüfer, Rodolfo Terlizzi, and Margarete Adler. Among people deceased in 1917, Albert Ball ranks 106. Before him are Frans Schollaert, Stanley Maude, José Manuel Pando, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, Florence La Badie, and Giuseppe Veronese. After him are Viktor Madarász, Andrew Murray, Carlo Oriani, Charles Horton Peck, Richard Olney, and Leander Starr Jameson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Albert Ball ranks 3,993 out of 8,785. Before him are Saffron Burrows (1972), Anthony Joshua (1989), Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Joanne Harris (1964), Robin Trower (1945), and William Warham (1450). After him are Peter Mullan (1959), Margaret Archer (1943), Thomas Hudson (1701), Frank Lampard (1948), Zara Tindall (1981), and Astley Cooper (1768).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Albert Ball ranks 106. Before him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), Reginald Wingate (1861), Thomas Picton (1758), John André (1750), and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857). After him are John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Oliver Leese (1894), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), John Dill (1881), and John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896).

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