MILITARY PERSONNEL

Kenneth Anderson

1891 - 1959

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General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and the subsequent Tunisian campaign which ended with the capture of almost 250,000 Axis soldiers. An outwardly reserved character, he did not court popularity either with his superiors or with the public. His American superior, General Dwight D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Anderson has received more than 31,758 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kenneth Anderson is the 1,979th most popular military personnel (down from 1,628th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from India (down from 747th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kenneth Anderson ranks 1,979 out of 2,058. Before him are Abu Anas al-Libi, Leonidas Polk, James L. Jones, Vitaly Gerasimov, Zaza Gogava, and John O'Connor. After him are Richard Myers, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, Redvers Buller, Nathaniel Lyon, and Aytaç Yalman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Kenneth Anderson ranks 280. Before him are Marguerite Clayton, Martti Nieminen, Gaston Strobino, Robert P. Patterson, Josef Šroubek, and Isabel Jeans. After him are Bjarne Pettersen, Ken Huszagh, Charlie Buchan, Mina Wylie, Louis A. Johnson, and Madge Kennedy. Among people deceased in 1959, Kenneth Anderson ranks 206. Before him are G. D. H. Cole, Jaroslav Skobla, John August Anderson, Frank Vaughn, Harold Hardwick, and Baby Dodds. After him are James Gleason, Taylor Holmes, Bruce Harlan, Wayne Morris, Paul Douglas, and Arvi Pohjanpää.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kenneth Anderson ranks 888 out of 1,861. Before him are Krishan Kant (1927), Sugata Mitra (1952), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Simon Pimenta (1920), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Norman Pritchard (1877). After him are Bappi Lahiri (1952), Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), Aparna Sen (1945), Mridula Sinha (1942), Baselios Cleemis (1959), and Parmanand Jha (1944).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Kenneth Anderson ranks 15. Before him are John Frost (1912), Somnath Sharma (1923), William Birdwood (1865), Bakht Khan (1797), Bipin Rawat (1958), and John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910). After him are Vikram Batra (1974), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Sanjay Kumar (1976), Abhinandan Varthaman (1983), Avani Chaturvedi (1993), and Noah Nirmal Tom (1994).

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