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Guy Simonds

1903 - 1974

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Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, (April 23, 1903 – May 15, 1974) was a senior Canadian Army officer who served with distinction during World War II. Acknowledged by many military historians and senior commanders, among them Sir Max Hastings and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, as one of the best Canadian generals of the war, Simonds, after serving the first few years of the Second World War mainly as a staff officer, commanded the 1st Canadian Infantry Division with distinction in Sicily and Italy from July 1943 until January 1944, and later II Canadian Corps during the Battle of Normandy from June−August 1944 and throughout the subsequent campaign in Western Europe from 1944, towards the end of which he temporarily commanded the First Canadian Army during the Battle of the Scheldt, until victory in Europe Day in May 1945. The historian J. L. Granatstein states about Simonds: "No Canadian commander rose higher and faster in the Second World War, and none did as well in action. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Simonds is the 1,910th most popular military personnel (up from 1,915th in 2019), the 4,816th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,629th in 2019) and the 117th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Guy Simonds ranks 1,910 out of 2,058. Before him are John Dill, William Alexander Morgan, William T. Anderson, Alexander Patch, Lyman Lemnitzer, and John Bell Hood. After him are Eddie Rickenbacker, John Abizaid, Franz von Werra, Malik Ambar, Edmund Kirby Smith, and Neil Ritchie.

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Among people born in 1903, Guy Simonds ranks 320. Before him are Vernon Duke, Harold Whitlock, Ella Baker, Yuli Raizman, Clare Boothe Luce, and Olavi Paavolainen. After him are Warren Kealoha, Helena Nordheim, Edgar Bergen, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Andrei Fayt, and Raymond Flacher. Among people deceased in 1974, Guy Simonds ranks 232. Before him are Zinaida Yermolyeva, Cornelius Lanczos, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Sverre Hansen, Östen Undén, and Katharine Cornell. After him are Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Gene Ammons, Léon Rosenfeld, Giovanni D'Anzi, Ferreira de Castro, and Harry Ricardo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Guy Simonds ranks 4,817 out of 8,785. Before him are Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Sophie Okonedo (1968), Tom Richards (1910), Margaret Scriven (1912), Holly Johnson (1960), and Matt Hancock (1978). After him are Louise Rayner (1832), George Montagu (1751), Jack Davenport (1973), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), John Neville Keynes (1852), and Arthur Symons (1865).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Guy Simonds ranks 117. Before him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), John André (1750), Reginald Wingate (1861), Albert Ball (1896), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), and John Dill (1881). After him are Thomas Picton (1758), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792), and Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873).

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