MILITARY PERSONNEL

Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

1890 - 1967

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a British Royal Air Force officer and peer. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the inter-war years when he served in Turkey, Great Britain and the Far East. During World War II, as Air Officer Commanding of the RAF Middle East Command, Tedder directed RAF air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including the evacuation of Crete and Operation Crusader in North Africa. His bombing tactics became known as the "Tedder Carpet". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder is the 1,021st most popular military personnel (up from 1,191st in 2019), the 2,048th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,040th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ranks 1,021 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean-Étienne Championnet, Joachim Schepke, Peter Tordenskjold, Lamachus, Constantin Prezan, and Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer. After him are Ding Ruchang, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Ivan Isakov, Karl Ernst, Otto Ruge, and Georges Guynemer.

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Among people born in 1890, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ranks 94. Before him are Elizabeth Bolden, Harry Babcock, Ferruccio Parri, Evert Taube, Walter Weiß, and Erik Heinrichs. After him are Johannes Vares, Konstantin Melnikov, Matome Ugaki, Vasili Eroshenko, Frank Morgan, and Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1967, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ranks 104. Before him are Wolf Albach-Retty, Zbigniew Cybulski, Franz Waxman, Walter Weiß, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Dorothy Parker. After him are Ferenc Münnich, Ivan Isakov, Luis Somoza Debayle, Martine Carol, Iona Nikitchenko, and Joseph Cardijn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ranks 2,048 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hume (1937), Sam Heughan (1980), Edmund Gunter (1581), John Sykes (1959), Malcolm Arnold (1921), and Sidney Paget (1860). After him are Arthur Sullivan (1842), Alan Smith (1980), Jared Harris (1961), John Morton (1420), Noël Coward (1899), and Black (1962).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ranks 43. Before him are Woodes Rogers (1679), John Moore (1761), Bertram Ramsay (1883), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Henry Allingham (1896), and Andrew Parker Bowles (1939). After him are Richard Dannatt (1950), James Wolfe (1727), Robert Blake (1599), Arthur Rostron (1869), Horatio Gates (1727), and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871).

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