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Kenneth Anderson

1891 - 1959

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General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and the subsequent Tunisian campaign which ended with the capture of almost 250,000 Axis soldiers. An outwardly reserved character, he did not court popularity either with his superiors or with the public. His American superior, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, wrote that he was "blunt, at times to the point of rudeness". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Anderson is the 1,132nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,981st in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from India (up from 889th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kenneth Anderson ranks 1,132 out of 2,058. Before him are August Karl von Goeben, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, Chelsea Manning, Mohamed Oufkir, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Carl Brashear. After him are Blas de Lezo, Li Ling, Ivan Sidorenko, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Alexander von Krobatin, and FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Kenneth Anderson ranks 118. Before him are Laura Vicuña, Julius Leber, Gio Ponti, George Adamski, Alfred Wünnenberg, and Vladimir Albitsky. After him are Pavlo Tychyna, Greta Schröder, Abraham Fraenkel, Jan Mukařovský, Hélène Sparrow, and Julio Baghy. Among people deceased in 1959, Kenneth Anderson ranks 80. Before him are Curt Sachs, Carl Switzer, Ernst Fast, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Luigi Sturzo, and Erhard Schmidt. After him are Johannes Kleiman, Max Baer, Aleksandr Khinchin, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Jerry Unser Jr., and Giovanni Pastrone.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kenneth Anderson ranks 365 out of 1,861. Before him are Rattanbai Jinnah (1900), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Mir Taqi Mir (1723), Pinarayi Vijayan (1945), Rishabhanatha (null), and Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907). After him are Harilal Gandhi (1888), Joseph Vaz (1651), Prakash Raj (1965), Rajnath Singh (1951), Nagarjuna (1959), and Merle Oberon (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Kenneth Anderson ranks 5. Before him are Baji Rao I (1700), Kim Philby (1912), Tatya Tope (1814), and Mad Mike Hoare (1919). After him are Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), John Frost (1912), William Birdwood (1865), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), and Somnath Sharma (1923).

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