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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 209,556 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape is the 1,299th most popular military personnel (down from 1,222nd in 2019), the 2,532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,588th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 1,299 out of 1,468Before him are Vang Pao, Josip Filipović, Kiyonao Ichiki, Karl von Einem, Christine Jorgensen, and August von Werder. After him are Dan Halutz, Erigyius, Henry Clinton, Vetranio, Issa Pliyev, and John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 133Before him are Sophus Nielsen, Frances Marion, Barry Fitzgerald, Milán Füst, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, and Vladimir Baranov-Rossine. After him are Toyohiko Kagawa, Anna Q. Nilsson, Sydney Chapman, Kaarel Eenpalu, Gladys Cooper, and Jinichi Kusaka. Among people deceased in 1981, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 118Before him are Agniya Barto, Michele Andreolo, Paul Anspach, Durgabai Deshmukh, Mario Camerini, and Julio Libonatti. After him are Eraldo Monzeglio, Antonio Berni, Shovkat Mammadova, Arthur O'Connell, Zoilo Saldombide, and Jaime Roldós Aguilera.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 2,532 out of 7,765Before him are Israel Zangwill (1864), Stuart Wilson (1946), Sue Townsend (1946), Dick Parry (1942), Gorden Kaye (1941), and Leonard Whiting (1950). After him are Harry Andrews (1911), Matthew Locke (1621), Marianne North (1830), Mick Ronson (1946), Mick Fleetwood (1947), and Ken Livingstone (1945).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 62Before him are Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Patrick Gordon (1635), Claude Choules (1901), Horatio Gates (1727), and George Rooke (1650). After him are James Somerville (1882), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Douglas Bader (1910), Charles Warren (1840), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), and James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797).