biography
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French, John (Denton Pinkstone), Earl of Ypres
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| male
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| lived:
| (1852–1925)
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| biography:
| British field marshal (1913), born in Ripple, Kent, SE England, UK. He joined the navy (1866), then the army (1874), and distinguished himself in the Sudan (1884–5) and South Africa (1899–1901). Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1911–14), he held supreme command of the British Expeditionary Force in France (1914–15), but was criticized for indecision, and resigned. He was made a viscount (1915) and earl (1921), and was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (1918–21). |
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