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John Dill

1881 - 1944

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Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently served in Washington, D.C., as Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission and then Senior British Representative on the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Dill is the 1,904th most popular military personnel (down from 1,895th in 2019), the 4,738th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,463rd in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Dill ranks 1,904 out of 2,058. Before him are Albert Ball, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, James Joseph Dresnok, Leo Tornikios, Kanhoji Angre, and Aviv Kochavi. After him are William Alexander Morgan, William T. Anderson, Alexander Patch, Lyman Lemnitzer, John Bell Hood, and Guy Simonds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, John Dill ranks 211. Before him are Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Henryk Grossman, George Mehnert, Panagiotis Poulitsas, William Z. Foster, and Robert Stangland. After him are Horace Bailey, Joel Lehtonen, Huseyn Arablinski, Pál Simon, Francis Ford, and Cecil Healy. Among people deceased in 1944, John Dill ranks 292. Before him are Michael Pedersen Friis, George Clausen, Emine Semiye Önasya, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Walter Middelberg, and Lev Shcherba. After him are David Prain, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Eugen Burg, Eoin O'Duffy, Franz Berghammer, and Octav Băncilă.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dill ranks 4,739 out of 8,785. Before him are Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783), Alister Hardy (1896), Joe Elliott (1959), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), James McHenry (1753), and Wilbert Awdry (1911). After him are Horace Bailey (1881), Richard Tandy (1948), George Holyoake (1817), Simon Yates (1992), Des Browne (1952), and Celia Johnson (1908).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Dill ranks 116. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), John André (1750), Reginald Wingate (1861), Albert Ball (1896), and John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735). After him are Guy Simonds (1903), Thomas Picton (1758), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), and Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792).

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