# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sidney-kirkman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:06.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sidney-kirkman"
name: "Sidney Kirkman"
slug: "sidney-kirkman"
description: "General Sir Sidney Chevalier Kirkman, was a British Army officer, who served in both the First World War and Second World War. During the latter he commanded the artillery of the Eighth Army during the Second Battle of El Alamein, following which he commanded the 50th Division during the Allied invasion of Sicily and XIII Corps throughout most of the Italian Campaign. He later became Director General of Civil Defence in the Civil Defence Department from 1954 to 1960."
tagline: "British Army general (1895-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PORTRAIT_H42956_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1895-07-29"
deathDate: "1982-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           7.209036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Sidney Kirkman"
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    title: "Sidney Kirkman"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Kirkman"
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    title: "Sidney Kirkman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump