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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

1886 - 1946

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Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (the professional head of the British Army). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort has received more than 840,920 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort is the 1,185th most popular military personnel (down from 1,164th in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,198th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Over the past year John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort has had the most page views in the with 85,914 views, followed by German (8,182), and French (5,174). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (295.40%), French (28.71%), and Serbian (24.91%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 1,185 out of 2,058. Before him are Andrei Shkuro, Leontius, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Josias von Heeringen, Isaac Brock, and Alexios Strategopoulos. After him are Inaros II, John Burgoyne, Claude Auchinleck, Iosif Igelström, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, and Alexander Tormasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 127. Before him are Otto von Knobelsdorff, Fred Quimby, Fernand Crommelynck, Alexander Miasnikian, Victor Boin, and Itzhak Katzenelson. After him are Takuboku Ishikawa, Pierre Benoit, Bertha Krupp, José Linhares, Paul Lévy, and Mohammed Ben Aarafa. Among people deceased in 1946, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 102. Before him are Béla Imrédy, George Washington, Max Pauly, Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Gerda Steinhoff, and Claus Schilling. After him are Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ahmad Kasravi, Max von Oppenheim, Albert Sechehaye, François de La Rocque, and Ioannis Rallis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 2,028 out of 8,785. Before him are John Stevens Henslow (1796), Gordon Milne (1937), Lesley Manville (1956), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Sadiq Khan (1970), and Perry Anderson (1938). After him are John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Robert Torrens (1780), Tony Judt (1948), John Burgoyne (1722), and Claude Auchinleck (1884).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 48. Before him are James Wolfe (1727), Arthur Rostron (1869), Edward Vernon (1684), Harold Bride (1890), Melita Norwood (1912), and Hugh Dowding (1882). After him are John Burgoyne (1722), Claude Auchinleck (1884), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Ronald Speirs (1920), and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871).

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