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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

1886 - 1946

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Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (the professional head of the British Army). He is best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force that was sent to France in the first year of the Second World War, only to be evacuated from Dunkirk the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort is the 1,332nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,186th in 2019), the 2,576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,029th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among military personnels, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 1,332 out of 2,058. Before him are Anton Haus, John Burgoyne, Nam Il, Jānis Balodis, Lodewijk van Heiden, and Lucius Flavius Silva. After him are Rolf Carls, Quintus Fufius Calenus, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, and Sultan Agung of Mataram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 152. Before him are Alexander Svanidze, Florence Lawrence, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Constant Permeke, Itzhak Katzenelson, and Rebecca Clarke. After him are Malak Hifni Nasif, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, August Rei, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Ernst May, and Othmar Schoeck. Among people deceased in 1946, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 118. Before him are Grigory Neujmin, Noah Beery, Leopold Okulicki, Jenny Nyström, Dion Fortune, and Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Pantelis Karasevdas, Cesare Orsenigo, Ahmad Kasravi, Paul Lincke, Alexey Sudayev, and Erwin Rösener.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 2,577 out of 8,785. Before him are John Kemp Starley (1854), John Burgoyne (1722), William Congreve (1670), Rebecca Clarke (1886), Francis Pym (1922), and Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948). After him are Mick Fleetwood (1947), Jonathan Wild (1683), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), and Edwin Arnold (1832).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort ranks 61. Before him are John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Fastolf (1380), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), and John Burgoyne (1722). After him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), Edward Vernon (1684), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Paul Jones (1747), Henry Tandey (1891), and Patrick Gordon (1635).

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