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Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg

1889 - 1963

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Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th governor-general of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. Freyberg served as an officer in the British Army during the First World War. He took part in the beach landings during the Gallipoli campaign and was the youngest general in the British Army during the First World War, later serving on the Western Front, where he was decorated with the Victoria Cross and three Distinguished Service Orders, making him one of the most highly decorated British Empire soldiers of the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg has received more than 393,058 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg is the 1,192nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,212th in 2019), the 2,040th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,287th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg ranks 1,192 out of 2,058. Before him are Inaros II, John Burgoyne, Claude Auchinleck, Iosif Igelström, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, and Alexander Tormasov. After him are Antonio Maceo Grajales, Henri Mathias Berthelot, Wilhelm Batz, Claude François de Malet, Werner Goldberg, and Hajo Herrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg ranks 126. Before him are Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Otto Deßloch, Vasiliy Ulrikh, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Lev Mekhlis, and Ernst Reuter. After him are Kōichi Kido, Kanji Ishiwara, G. M. B. Dobson, Edmond Privat, Bernhard Karlgren, and Lloyd Bacon. Among people deceased in 1963, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg ranks 84. Before him are Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ernst Marischka, Alfred Wünnenberg, Sophus Nielsen, Adolphe Menjou, and Marie Marvingt. After him are Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Luis Cernuda, Elmore James, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hubert Pierlot, and Ivan Bek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg ranks 2,040 out of 8,785. Before him are Claude Auchinleck (1884), Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Robert Donat (1905), Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890). After him are Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), Alan Price (1942), Chris Bristow (1937), John Hughes (1814), and Thomas Bradwardine (1300).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg ranks 52. Before him are Melita Norwood (1912), Hugh Dowding (1882), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), John Burgoyne (1722), Claude Auchinleck (1884), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890). After him are Ronald Speirs (1920), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Paul Jones (1747), and Gregor MacGregor (1786).

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