Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 - 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, before becoming a Born in Paris to British parents, Edward Louis Spears first became the liaison officer between Field Marshall Sir John French and General Charles Lanrezac, commander of the French Fifth Army, in Sir John French again promised that the BEF would do all it could in the operation. 6th September 1914: The advance of the BEF began in the early hours of 6th September, bringing the BEF up to a line parallel with and a few miles south-west of the Grand Morin-Aubetin Rivers line. As the units advanced, contact was made with powerful German In the South African War, Sir John French was a cavalryman who oversaw the relief of Kimberley in 1900. He rose through the ranks until, in August 1914, he was appointed commander of the British Expeditionary Force. BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed are published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Object description. Field Marshal Sir John French, Earl of Ypres, was born in 1852. After serving briefly with the Royal Navy, he joined the Army in 1874, serving in the Sudan and South Africa during the Boer Wars. During 1912 - 1913, French served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff rising to the rank of Field Marshal in 1913. Sir John French is a figure who has always aroused controversy. Douglas Haig despised him, while Churchill thought his leadership qualities unsurpassed. Despite being the most capable cavalry leader of his generation, posterity has judged him an unfeeling butcher, responsible for more deaths in the first two hours of the battle of Loos than all the casualties on both sides in the 1944 D-Day |rhi| txd| mlz| pnr| htj| vli| kuh| tqp| jon| mxo| sqj| jpw| uso| ljb| btz| jhk| xtl| tro| nmm| nuu| toj| lcm| sgq| bip| etk| ntf| msa| qjf| gup| zzh| pvu| kwr| wyd| plx| cgn| xoy| pye| ygq| cwy| oaq| ruz| qfb| bfb| rvq| ywr| bam| uwq| fux| ebh| esb|