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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.
Having returned from Valenciennes, Commander-in-Chief Sir John French was still convinced that an advance could soon be made, however, by 3:00 p.m., the 3rd Division was ordered to retire from the salient, to positions a short distance to the south of Mons and a similar retreat towards evening by the 5th Division to conform.
Despatch of Sir John French, 17 September 1914. [ 16 ] Néry is set in a north-south oriented valley around a small river, which feeds into the river Automne to the north; it is overlooked from the east and west by high bluffs.
Commander-in-Chief of the BEF: Field-Marshal Sir John French. John French Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray Deputy Chief of Staff: Major-General Sir Henry Wilson Adjutant-General: Major-General Sir Nevil Macready Quartermaster-General: Major-General Sir William Robertson Deputy Adjutant-General: Major-General E. R. C. Graham
British commander John French commander of the BEF. British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French. Army Troops. A and C Squadrons North Irish Horse B Squadron South Irish Horse 1st Bn Queens Own Cameron Highlanders. Line of communications defence troops. 1st Devonshire 19th Infantry Brigade (formed 22 August 1914)
Commander: Sir John French; Chief of the General Staff (CGS): James Grierson; Corps commanders: Lt. General Sir Douglas Haig, General Sir Arthur Paget; Cavalry commander: Major-General Edmund Allenby; White Force. This was an inferior force consisting largely of Territorials and Yeomanry with elements of Royal Scots Greys, 19th. Royal Hussars ...
Sir John French, the new CIGS, was receptive to Wilson's wishes to prepare for war. [115] In April Wilson played golf with Tom Bridges, briefing him for talks with the Belgians, whom Wilson wanted to strengthen Liege and Namur. [116] Through his brother Jemmy, Wilson forged links with the new Conservative leader Bonar Law.
Field Marshal Sir John French, the first Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces. The post was created for Field Marshal Sir John French in December 1915, after his enforced resignation as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in the aftermath of the Battle of Loos. Bitterly disappointed, Lord French regarded the appointment as a ...