Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, 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.
25 December 1891
Born on the same birth date (25 December 1891): Clarrie Grimmett
Born on the same birth day (25 December): Adolf Windaus • Barbara Mandrell • Bob James (musician) • Choi Sung-yong • Christina of Saxony • Dick Miller • Gerhard Herzberg • Jacqui McShee • Kaarlo Maaninka • Mac Powell • Mike Pringle (politician) • Nicolas Godin • Noel Hogan • Steve Otto • Toshi Arai
Born in the same month (December 1891): A. P. Carter • Arlie Mucks • Charles H. Wesley • Clarrie Grimmett • Edward Bernard Raczyński • Erik Almlöf • Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky • Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis • Henry Miller • John W. McCormack • Maksim Bahdanovič • Nelly Sachs • Otto Dix • Paul Kogerman • Thomas Farrell (United States Army officer)