John French

September 28, 1852 – May 22, 1925

British field marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1914 and 1915 and was later Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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Military service

• Jan 1, 1866 – Jan 1, 1870 Royal Navy
• Jan 1, 1870 – Jan 1, 1921 British Army

Timeline

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1913

1918

1923

 

John French

 

Mahdist War

 

Second Boer War

 

Siege of Kimberley

 

Battle of Elandslaagte

 

Battle of Paardeberg

 

Battle of Diamond Hill

 

World War I

 

German invasion of Belgium (1914)

 

Battle of the Frontiers

 

Battle of Mons

 

First Battle of the Marne

 

First Battle of the Aisne

 

Race to the Sea

 

Battle of La Bassée

 

First Battle of Ypres

 

Battle of Neuve Chapelle

 

Capture of Hill 60 (Western Front)

 

Battle of Aubers

 

Third Battle of Artois

 

Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt

 

Irish War of Independence