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John de Robeck

1862 - 1928

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Baronet, (10 June 1862 – 20 January 1928) was an officer in the Royal Navy. In the early years of the 20th century he served as Admiral of Patrols, commanding four flotillas of destroyers. De Robeck commanded the allied naval force in the Dardanelles during the First World War. His campaign to force the straits, launched on 18 March 1915, was nearly successful, as the Turkish land-based artillery almost ran out of ammunition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John de Robeck is the 1,596th most popular military personnel, the 181st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 159th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John de Robeck ranks 1,596 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Yegorov, Georges Mouton, Abbakka Chowta, Arleigh Burke, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and Pierre Bosquet. After him are Jinichi Kusaka, Ali Aaltonen, Zhang Zongchang, Infante João, Duke of Beja, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, and Viktor Zolotov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, John de Robeck ranks 105. Before him are Alimardan Topchubashov, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Émile Mâle, Abram Arkhipov, Teresa Claramunt Creus, and Wilhelm Solf. After him are Damrong Rajanubhab, Robert Ford, Maironis, Meliton Balanchivadze, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, and Hugo Erdmann. Among people deceased in 1928, John de Robeck ranks 82. Before him are Luigi Bianchi, Eilif Peterssen, Richard F. Outcault, Theodor Curtius, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Frederick Arthur Bridgman. After him are Gunnar Knudsen, Maria Wiik, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Ivan Merz, Ladislav Klíma, and George Dole.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John de Robeck ranks 181 out of 549. Before him are Seán O'Casey (1880), Enda Kenny (1951), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Edna O'Brien (1930), Dorothea Jordan (1761), and Yvonne Farrell (1951). After him are Herbert Brenon (1880), Jack Gleeson (1992), Alan Cunningham (1887), Finn Bálor (1981), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), and Elizabeth Bowen (1899).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, John de Robeck ranks 6. Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Richard Montgomery (1738), William Brown (1777), and George Browne (1698). After him are Alan Cunningham (1887), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).

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