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Arthur Percival

1887 - 1966

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Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a British Army officer. He saw service in the First World War and built a successful military career during the interwar period, but is best known for his defeat in the Second World War, when Percival commanded British Commonwealth forces during the Malayan campaign, which culminated in a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Singapore. Percival's surrender to the invading Imperial Japanese Army, which was the largest of its kind in British military history, significantly undermined Britain's prestige and military position in East Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Percival has received more than 872,994 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Percival is the 1,098th most popular military personnel (down from 990th in 2019), the 1,862nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,835th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Arthur Percival ranks 1,098 out of 2,058. Before him are Dame Gruev, Horatio Gates, Teutobod, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Alfred Wünnenberg, and Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria. After him are Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, David Petraeus, Nicanor, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Katō Yoshiaki, and Aleksandr Dvornikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Arthur Percival ranks 109. Before him are Antanas Merkys, Frigyes Karinthy, Charles Galton Darwin, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Şükrü Saracoğlu, and Simon Kimbangu. After him are Jim Thorpe, Kazimierz Fajans, Jean Patou, Alvin Hansen, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Jean Ray. Among people deceased in 1966, Arthur Percival ranks 90. Before him are Charles Whitman, Robert Rossen, Victor Kravchenko, George Ohsawa, Nikolay Cherkasov, and Alfred P. Sloan. After him are Boris Podolsky, Helen Kane, Elio Vittorini, Vilis Lācis, Heimito von Doderer, and John of Shanghai and San Francisco.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Percival ranks 1,862 out of 8,785. Before him are Horatio Gates (1727), Charles Joughin (1878), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Mark of Cornwall (480), and Roger Fry (1866). After him are John Mandeville (1300), Max Mallowan (1904), Cyril Jackson (1903), James Blunt (1974), Prasutagus (50), and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Arthur Percival ranks 41. Before him are George Rooke (1650), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), John Fastolf (1380), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Horatio Gates (1727), and FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788). After him are James Wolfe (1727), Arthur Rostron (1869), Edward Vernon (1684), Harold Bride (1890), Melita Norwood (1912), and Hugh Dowding (1882).

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