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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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 848,580 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort is the 1,164th most popular military personnel (down from 1,069th in 2019), the 2,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,138th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 1,164 out of 1,468. Before him are Angelo Iachino, Cristóbal de Olid, Nuri Killigil, Miguel Cabanellas, Mile Mrkšić, and Leosthenes. After him are William Calley, Nina Lobkovskaya, Sidney Smith, Germanus, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, and Michael von Melas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 135. Before him are Itzhak Katzenelson, Pierre Benoit, Al Jolson, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, H.D., and Ernst May. After him are Aloïse Corbaz, Anandyn Amar, Felix Timmermans, Rebecca Clarke, Stanisław Leśniewski, and Delmira Agustini. Among people deceased in 1946, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 108. Before him are Johannes Vares, Léon Gaumont, Ahmad Kasravi, George Arliss, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Heinrich George. After him are Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Harry Hopkins, François de La Rocque, and Béla Imrédy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 2,204 out of 7,765. Before him are Norman Wisdom (1915), John Canton (1718), Noel Redding (1945), Peter Mayle (1939), Roy Salvadori (1922), and Damian Lewis (1971). After him are David Trimble (1944), George Bentham (1800), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), John William Draper (1811), and Peter Hammill (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 53. Before him are Henry Allingham (1896), James Wolfe (1727), Claude Auchinleck (1884), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Hugh Dowding (1882), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890). After him are Sidney Smith (1764), Eddie Chapman (1914), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Patrick Gordon (1635), and Claude Choules (1901).

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