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Henry Maitland Wilson

1881 - 1964

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Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, (5 September 1881 – 31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War on the Somme and at Passchendaele. During the Second World War he served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) British Troops in Egypt, in which role he launched Operation Compass, attacking Italian forces with considerable success, in December 1940. He went on to be Military Governor of Cyrenaica in February 1941, commanding a Commonwealth expeditionary force to Greece in April 1941 and General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan in May 1941. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Maitland Wilson is the 388th most popular military personnel (up from 1,529th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,585th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Maitland Wilson ranks 388 out of 2,058. Before her are Omar Pasha, Henri Giraud, Iwane Matsui, Andrei Grechko, Prokop the Great, and Alexander Samsonov. After her are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Erich Priebke, Jean-Andoche Junot, Laskarina Bouboulina, Carl Spaatz, and Charles Lee.

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Among people born in 1881, Henry Maitland Wilson ranks 45. Before her are King Oliver, François Darlan, Natalia Goncharova, Theodore von Kármán, Otto Wille Kuusinen, and Ivan Ribar. After her are Otto Bauer, Carlo Carrà, Sveinn Björnsson, Emil Ludwig, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, and Lewis Fry Richardson. Among people deceased in 1964, Henry Maitland Wilson ranks 28. Before her are Alexander Archipenko, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Otto Grotewohl, Giorgio Morandi, Alexandre Koyré, and Otto Wille Kuusinen. After her are Paulino Alcántara, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Emilio Aguinaldo, Ernst Kretschmer, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, and Alan Ladd.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Maitland Wilson ranks 876 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John Paul Jones (1946), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), and Catherine of Lancaster (1373). After her are Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), David Irving (1938), Rex Harrison (1908), Chris Rea (1951), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), and James Macpherson (1736).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Henry Maitland Wilson ranks 19. Before her are John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), Jack Phillips (1887), Hugh Dowding (1882), Timothy Laurence (1955), and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861). After her are Charles Lee (1731), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), Harold Bride (1890), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), and John Franklin (1786).

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