Claude Auchinleck

Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck,, , was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by early 1941 during the Second World War. In July 1941 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Middle East Theatre, but after initial successes, the war in North Africa turned against the British-led forces under his command, and he was relieved of the post in August 1942 during the North African campaign.

21 June 1884

Born on the same birth day (21 June): Brad Walker (pole vaulter) • Carlo Matteucci • Damrong Rajanubhab • Dean Saunders • Diane Marleau • Frans de Cort • Jakob Linzbach • Jean Chacornac • Jean-Paul Sartre • Julio Ruelas • Karl Erjavec • Matt Kilroy • Maureen Stapleton • Michael Crocker • Reinhold Niebuhr • Rockwell Kent • Valeriy Neverov • Wally Fawkes • Wilhelm Gliese • William Brede Kristensen • Yang Liwei • Yingluck Shinawatra • Łukasz Cyborowski

Born in the same month (June 1884): Gaston Bachelard • Georges Duhamel • Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes • Géza Gyóni • Johannes Heinrich Schultz • John McCormack (tenor) • Mary R. Calvert • Ralph Benatzky • Étienne Gilson