MILITARY PERSONNEL

Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

1888 - 1981

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Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War, saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign and took part in the internment of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the war. He also served in the Second World War initially as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy and then as second-in-command and afterwards as commander of the Home Fleet, leading the force that destroyed the German battleship Scharnhorst. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape has received more than 224,284 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape is the 1,492nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,298th in 2019), the 2,483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,526th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 1,492 out of 2,058. Before him are Justin, Sudirman, Alberto Bayo, Franz Rohr von Denta, Ryszard Kukliński, and Paavo Talvela. After him are Demetrios Ypsilantis, Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Dimitrios Loundras, Peter Tordenskjold, and Bardanes Tourkos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 134. Before him are Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary Eristavi, Lotte Lehmann, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Pavel Peter Gojdič, and Sydney Chapman. After him are Raquel Meller, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Nereu Ramos, Gustaf Molander, and Paul Bernays. Among people deceased in 1981, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 120. Before him are Lyudmila Zhivkova, Josef Silný, Boris Polevoy, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, and Mario Camerini. After him are Arthur O'Connell, Terry Fox, Paco Bienzobas, T. H. Marshall, Jack Albertson, and Robert Montgomery.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 2,483 out of 8,785. Before him are David C. H. Austin (1926), Eric Porter (1928), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Würzel (1949), Liam Payne (1993), and Bernard Fox (1927). After him are Corin Redgrave (1939), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Belinda Lee (1935), Mick Ronson (1946), Ralph H. Fowler (1889), and Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 64. Before him are Gregor MacGregor (1786), David Stirling (1915), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Sidney Smith (1764), and John Alcock (1892). After him are Patrick Gordon (1635), Douglas Bader (1910), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Thomas Gage (1719), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), and James Somerville (1882).

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