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MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Frost

1912 - 1993

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Major General John Dutton Frost, (31 December 1912 – 21 May 1993) was an airborne officer of the British Army, best known for being the leader of the small group of British airborne troops that actually arrived at Arnhem bridge during the Battle of Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, in the Second World War. He was one of the first to join the newly formed Parachute Regiment and served with distinction in many wartime airborne operations, such as in North Africa and Sicily and Italy, until his injury and subsequent capture at Arnhem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Frost has received more than 20,064 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Frost is the 1,468th most popular military personnel, the 499th most popular biography from India and the 10th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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  • 16

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  • 2.52

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Frost ranks 1,468 out of 1,468. Before him are Fritz Julius Kuhn, Władysław Raginis, Guo Boxiong, Esmail Ghaani, Robert Anderson, and J. D. Tippit. After him are Charles Lee, Mark Milley, Cort Adeler, Frederick Townsend Ward, Nozu Michitsura, and Timothy Laurence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, John Frost ranks 239. Before him are Laurean Rugambwa, Iuliu Bodola, Tadashi Imai, Michael Wilding, Givi Javakhishvili, and Viviane Romance. After him are Boris Chertok, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, José Iraragorri, Albert Richter, Morris Louis, and Miklós Szabados. Among people deceased in 1993, John Frost ranks 169. Before him are André Pilette, Mario Genta, Eugen Suchoň, Chris Hani, Cesar Chavez, and J. R. D. Tata. After him are Norman Vincent Peale, Mohammad Natsir, Héctor De Bourgoing, Axel von dem Bussche, Hans Werner Richter, and Rudolf Wetzer.

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In India

Among people born in India, John Frost ranks 499 out of 1,493. Before him are Bachendri Pal (1954), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Roberto de Nobili (1577), Rajkumar (1929), Ramananda (1400), and Sarla Thakral (1914). After him are Kamala Surayya (1934), Christian Zacharias (1950), Charles Gmelin (1872), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), and Jyoti Basu (1914).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, John Frost ranks 10. Before him are Rash Behari Bose (1886), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), Orde Wingate (1903), Bipin Rawat (1958), and Andrew Scott Waugh (1810). After him are Sam Manekshaw (1914), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Kenneth Anderson (1891), and Vikram Batra (1974).

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