MILITARY PERSONNEL

Claude Auchinleck

1884 - 1981

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Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck ( OKH-in-LEK) (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by early 1941 during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Auchinleck has received more than 914,970 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Claude Auchinleck is the 1,188th most popular military personnel (down from 1,066th in 2019), the 2,034th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,004th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Claude Auchinleck ranks 1,188 out of 2,058. Before him are Josias von Heeringen, Isaac Brock, Alexios Strategopoulos, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Inaros II, and John Burgoyne. After him are Iosif Igelström, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Alexander Tormasov, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Antonio Maceo Grajales, and Henri Mathias Berthelot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Claude Auchinleck ranks 90. Before him are Tanzan Ishibashi, Axel Ljung, Gerald Gardner, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Jules Supervielle, and James Alberione. After him are Wilhelm Brückner, Johannes Popitz, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Enrico Dante, Boris Asafyev, and Pedro Pablo Ramírez. Among people deceased in 1981, Claude Auchinleck ranks 97. Before him are Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Eraldo Monzeglio, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, and Mostafa Chamran. After him are Jim Davis, Zdeněk Burian, Roman Rudenko, Lanza del Vasto, Mariama Bâ, and Hermann Esser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Claude Auchinleck ranks 2,034 out of 8,785. Before him are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Robert Torrens (1780), Tony Judt (1948), and John Burgoyne (1722). After him are Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Robert Donat (1905), Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Claude Auchinleck ranks 50. Before him are Edward Vernon (1684), Harold Bride (1890), Melita Norwood (1912), Hugh Dowding (1882), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), and John Burgoyne (1722). After him are Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Ronald Speirs (1920), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Claude Choules (1901), and J. F. C. Fuller (1878).

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