# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-frederick-boyce-combe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:35:14.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-frederick-boyce-combe"
name: "John Frederick Boyce Combe"
slug: "john-frederick-boyce-combe"
description: "Major-General John Frederick Boyce Combe, was a British Army officer before and during the Second World War. He was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his service in the Western Desert campaign before being captured in April 1941 and spending nearly two and a half years as a prisoner of war in Italy. Released in September 1943 when Italy withdrew from the Axis, he made his way back to Allied territory and from October 1944 until the end of the war commanded an armoured brigade."
tagline: "British Army general (1895-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/O'Connor_Captured.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1895-08-01"
deathDate: "1967-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474910666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "جان فردریک بویس کومب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Boyce_Combe"
    title: "John Frederick Boyce Combe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Combe_(British_Army_officer)"
    title: "John Combe (British Army officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Boyce_Combe"
    title: "John Frederick Boyce Combe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Boyce_Combe"
    title: "John Frederick Boyce Combe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Boyce_Combe"
    title: "John Frederick Boyce Combe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump