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Vor 5 Tagen · 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.
18. Mai 2024 · John French, 1st earl of Ypres (born September 28, 1852, Ripple, Kent, England—died May 22, 1925, Deal, Kent) was a field marshal who commanded the British army on the Western Front between August 1914, when World War I began, and December 17, 1915, when he resigned under pressure and was succeeded by Gen. (afterward Field Marshal ...
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19. Mai 2024 · They were led by General Sir John French (who, as a result of the First World War, would later become Field Marshal Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres) and their march would take them around thirty-five miles south-west to a huge camp on Southampton Common.
Vor 6 Tagen · The Third Battle of Ypres (German: Dritte Flandernschlacht; French: Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Dutch: Derde Slag om Ieper ), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele ( / ˈpæʃəndeɪl / ), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.
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2. Mai 2024 · Battle of Passchendaele (July 31–November 6, 1917), World War I battle that embodied the senseless slaughter of the Western Front. Passchendaele was the third and longest battle to take place at Ypres, Belgium. The Allied victory was achieved at enormous cost for a piece of ground that would be vacated the next year.
Vor 2 Tagen · The house at Bull's Cross called the Manor House, which belonged in 1911 to Gen. Sir John French (1852–1925), later field-marshal and earl of Ypres, had no connexion with Goldbeaters.
Vor 4 Tagen · London, May 22: The cavalry war memorial was to-day unveiled in Hyde Park by the Earl of Ypres in the presence of the Prince of Wales, units of well-known cavalry regiments and a large crowd....
