John French 1st Earl of Ypres Military person

Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He distinguished himself commanding the Cavalry Division during the Second Boer War, became Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1912 but resigned over the Curragh incident and then served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force for the first two years of World War I before serving as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, then becoming Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918, a position which he held throughout much of the Irish War of Independence.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 28, 1852
Birth place	Ripple Kent
Date of death	May 22, 1925
Place of death	Deal Castle

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allegiance	United Kingdom
award	Privy Council of the United Kingdom Order of Merit Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order Aide-de-camp Order of St. Patrick Order of St Michael and St George
military operations	Mahdist War Second Boer War Irish War of Independence World War I
military command	1st Army Corps British Expeditionary Force
service start	1866
service end	1921