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John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (September 28, 1852 - May 22, 1925) was an English soldier and Field Marshal, the first commander of the BEF in World War I.
He began a tentative withdrawal which threatend to break the line between French and Belgian armies and needed an unwanted emergency meeting with Kitchener on the September 2, 1914 to reorganise his thinking and direct the counter-offensive at the First Battle of the Marne.
French was particularly upset by the fact that Kitchener arrived wearing his Field Marshal's uniform, he felt Kitchener was implying that he was French's superior and not simply a cabinet member, a fact he mentioned in a letter to Winston Churchill.
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 John French - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres was the commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in World War I, during 1914-15.
John French is the name of the drummer who played with Captain Beefheart.
John French was a well-known British fashion photographer of the 1960s.
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 John French, 1st Earl of Ypres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Ripple in Kent, the son of Commander John French, an officer in the Royal Navy, he joined the Navy in 1866 but transferred to the British Army in 1874.
French remained in command as major trenching began and oversaw the fighting at Neuve Chapelle and Ypres that finally destroyed the last of the original BEF.
Lord French oversaw the suppression of the Irish uprising in 1916 and was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1918 until his retirement in 1921.
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John Denton Pinkstone French 1st Earl of (September 28 1852 – May 22 1925) was a British soldier and Field Marshal the first commander of the BEF in World War I.
French was particularly upset by the that Kitchener arrived wearing his Field Marshal's he felt Kitchener was implying that he French's superior and not simply a cabinet a fact he mentioned in a letter Winston Churchill.
In 1915 his indecision returned declined to cooperate with the French and the failures at Aubers Ridge and at Loos the British offensive operations were almost In September 1915 his incompetence as a commander no longer in doubt he was by Douglas Haig.
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FRENCH, JOHN DENTON PINKSTONE, 1ST EARL OF YPRES [French, John Denton Pinkstone, 1st earl of Ypres], 1852-1925, British field marshal.
After a long career in the army, during which he served in Sudan (1884-85) and in the South African War (1899-1902), he was chief of the imperial general staff (1912-14) and became a field marshal in 1913.
His command of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium from the outbreak of World War I (Aug., 1914) to Dec., 1915, was marked by failure to coordinate the movements of his forces and heavy casualties in the first and second battles of Ypres and the battle of Loos.
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 earl of ypres - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The Earldom of Ypres was created in 1922 for Field Marshal John French, who had previously been created Viscount French (1916).
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 Ypres: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
During the Middle Ages, Ypres was one of the most powerful towns of Flanders, with a flourishing cloth industry that rivaled those of Ghent and Bruges.
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The first battle of Ypres (Oct. Nov., 1914) was the last of the series of engagements referred to as "the race for the sea." The...
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Ypres, town in south-west Belgium, in West Flanders Province, near Bruges and the French frontier.
Ypres is a textile centre noted for its cotton...
Ypres, Battle of, three major engagements of World War I fought around the town of Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in western Belgium.
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 John French
Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (September 28, 1852 - May 22, 1925) was an English soldier and Field Marshal, the first commander of the BEF in World War I.
After the first battles at Mons and Le Cateau he was increasingly indecisive and more concerned with preserving his troops than aiding the French.
He needed an emergency meeting with Kitchener in September to reorganise his thinking and direct the counter-offensive at the First Battle of the Marne.
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The office was originally the central focus of English/British administration in Ireland under the Lordship of Ireland (1171-1541), the Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1800) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922).
The Earl of Essex owned Durhamstown Castle[?] near Navan[?] in County Meath, a short distance from the residence of the Lord Bishop of Meath at Ardbraccan.
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French, John Denton Pinkstone, 1st earl of Ypres[E´pru] Pronunciation Key, 1852–1925, British field marshal.
After a long career in the army, during which he served in Sudan (1884–85) and in the South African War (1899–1902), he was chief of the imperial general staff (1912–14) and became a field marshal in 1913.
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Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, 1st Viscount French Of Ypres And Of High Lake (September 28, 1852 - May 22, 1925) was an English soldier and Field Marshal, the first commander of the BEF in World War I.
He began a tentative withdrawl which threatend to break the line between French and Belgian armies and needed an unwanted emergency meeting with Kitchener on the September 2, 1914 to reorganise his thinking and direct the counter-offensive at the First Battle of the Marne.
In May of 1927 he was created Earl of Ypres.
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Sir John Denton Pinkstone French (1852-1925), Earl of Ypres, was born in 1852 in Ripple Vale, Kent.
He was a staff officer, with the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to (then) General John French in command of the cavalry.
Following the armistice he was raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Byng of Vimy of Thorpe-le-Soken, in Essex, on October 7, 1919.
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Member of Lord Garnet Wolseley's Nile expedition to relieve Gordon at Khartoum, in October 1899, was promoted major general and commanded the cavalry division of Buller's Expeditionary corps during the Second Boer War, fig hting at Ladysmith.
Nevertheless, French was chosen to command the BEF in August 1914, and directed BEF operations in France through Ypres I, Ypres II, and the Loos offensive.
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John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (September 28, 1852–May 22, 1925) was a British soldier and Field Marshal, the first commander of the BEF in World War I.
Several days after this French ordered the 2nd Army to perform the exact maneuver that Smith-Dorrien had recommended, and had been used as the pretext for his dismissal.
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Commanded British 1st Army in 1915; successfully intrigued against the inept John French and replaced him as commander of the BEF, from Dec.1915.
Responsible for the extremely bloody Somme (1916) and 3rd Ypres (1917) offensives; was dramatically but indecisively defeated by the Ludendorff offensives in early 1918; successfully pushed back the weakened Germans later in the year.
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