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Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

1883 - 1950

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Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. In the Second World War, he served initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italian Army in Eritrea-Abyssinia, western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by Erwin Rommel's Panzer Army Africa in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 (apart from a brief tour as Commander of American-British-Dutch-Australian Command) and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell is the 596th most popular military personnel (up from 603rd in 2019), the 1,285th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,081st in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ranks 596 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Rauff, James Paul Moody, Gongsun Zan, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Günther Blumentritt, and Herta Bothe. After him are David Elazar, Yu Jin, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Artaphernes, Aleksei Antonov, and Carl Gustaf Wrangel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ranks 69. Before him are Richard von Mises, Bernhard Rust, Alfredo Casella, José Clemente Orozco, Ernest Ansermet, and Kenji Doihara. After him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Hermann Abendroth, Hubert Pierlot, Yan Xishan, and Prince Konrad of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1950, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ranks 44. Before him are Werner Haase, Kim Kyu-sik, Axeman of New Orleans, Constantin Carathéodory, Eliel Saarinen, and Milada Horáková. After him are Vasil Kolarov, Charles Koechlin, Jan Smuts, Fevzi Çakmak, Francesco Cilea, and Frederick Keeping.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ranks 1,285 out of 8,785. Before him are Dirk Bogarde (1921), James Paul Moody (1887), Joseph Bell (1837), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Orlando Bloom (1977), and Ian Stewart (1938). After him are Erling Braut Håland (2000), Ruth Rendell (1930), Anabella Drummond (1350), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), and Billy Boyd (1968).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell ranks 29. Before him are Harold Bride (1890), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John Franklin (1786), William Bligh (1754), James Paul Moody (1887), and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718). After him are Frederick Browning (1896), Arnold Jackson (1891), Harold Lowe (1882), John Hanning Speke (1827), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), and Paddy Roy Bates (1921).

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