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Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside

1880 - 1959

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Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, (6 May 1880 – 22 September 1959) was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War. Ironside joined the Royal Artillery in 1899, and served throughout the Second Boer War. This was followed by a brief period spying on the German colonial forces in German South West Africa. Returning to regular duty, he served on the staff of the 6th Infantry Division during the first two years of the First World War, before being appointed to a position on the staff of the newly raised 4th Canadian Division in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside is the 1,495th most popular military personnel (down from 1,386th in 2019), the 2,911th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,321st in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside ranks 1,495 out of 2,058. Before him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Attalus, Naser Orić, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, Kuroki Tamemoto, and Oleg Salyukov. After him are Arabo, Coenus, Segismundo Casado, Curt Haase, Endel Puusepp, and Moritz von Auffenberg.

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Among people born in 1880, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside ranks 126. Before him are Walter Short, Conrad Albrecht, Lajos Bíró, Carl Schuricht, Lipót Fejér, and Dmitry Karbyshev. After him are Mikheil Javakhishvili, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Dezső Földes, Hans Hofmann, Dorothea Köring, and Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani. Among people deceased in 1959, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside ranks 117. Before him are Edmund Gwenn, Kazimierz Bein, Lipót Fejér, Wayne Morris, Reuven Shiloah, and Boughera El Ouafi. After him are Ragnar Nurkse, Molla Mallory, Boris Eikhenbaum, Heleno de Freitas, Edmund Goulding, and Charles Starkweather.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside ranks 2,912 out of 8,785. Before him are John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Johann von Lamont (1805), Naomie Harris (1976), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), and Arnold Bax (1883). After him are John Michael Wright (1617), Marianne North (1830), James Young Simpson (1811), John Shrapnel (1942), Rupert Brooke (1887), and Ernest Renshaw (1861).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside ranks 70. Before him are Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Paul Jones (1747), Henry Tandey (1891), Patrick Gordon (1635), George Rooke (1650), and John Alcock (1892). After him are Max Horton (1883), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), Ronald Speirs (1920), Douglas Bader (1910), Edward Braddock (1695), and Andrew Scott Waugh (1810).

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