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Claude Auchinleck

1884 - 1981

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Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck ( OKH-in-LEK) (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by early 1941 during the Second World War. In July 1941 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Middle East Theatre, but after initial successes the war in North Africa turned against the British-led forces under his command and he was relieved of the post in August 1942 during the North African campaign. In June 1943, he was once again appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, where his support through the organisation of supply, maintenance and training for General William Slim's Fourteenth Army played an important role in its success. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Auchinleck is the 113th most popular military personnel (up from 1,189th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,035th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Claude Auchinleck ranks 113 out of 2,058. Before him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Walther von Reichenau, Yonatan Netanyahu, Heinrich Müller, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. After him are Hephaestion, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Saigō Takamori, Erich Hartmann, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Claude Auchinleck ranks 13. Before him are İsmet İnönü, Bronisław Malinowski, Édouard Daladier, Peter Debye, Max Brod, and Walther von Reichenau. After him are Anton Drexler, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Theodor Heuss, Friedrich Bergius, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Theodor Svedberg. Among people deceased in 1981, Claude Auchinleck ranks 9. Before him are Jacques Lacan, Albert Speer, Hans Adolf Krebs, Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, and Frederica of Hanover. After him are Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, Odd Hassel, Hideki Yukawa, William Wyler, and Harold Urey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Claude Auchinleck ranks 332 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Kingsley (1943), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), and Jeremy Irons (1948). After him are John Herschel (1792), Roald Dahl (1916), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), and John Keats (1795).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Claude Auchinleck ranks 7. Before him are Bernard Montgomery (1887), William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), T. E. Lawrence (1888), and Edward Smith (1850). After him are John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), Captain Tom (1920), and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650).

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