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): Antoinette of Bourbon • Basil Heatley • Camille Herron • Daisuke Miura • David Rath • Emmanuel Amunike • Jeremy Strong • Kenny Everett • Mansoor Akhtar • Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France • Mary Rose Tuitt • Pete Rugolo • Robbie Elliott • Robert Huff • William Bell (tubist) • Willy Taveras
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)