Field Marshal Sir John French

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British Army officer field marshal human

Field Marshal Sir John French was a senior British Army officer best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force in the early years of World War I on the Western Front.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sir John French	6
Douglas Haig	1
Field Marshal Sir John French canonical	1
Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of Merit ⓘ Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the Garter ⓘ The Royal Victorian Order ⓘ surface form: Royal Victorian Order
burialPlace	St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ripple, Kent ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Second Boer War ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War I)
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1852-09-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1925-05-22 ⓘ
fullName	John Denton Pinkstone French ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Field Marshal ⓘ
honorificSuffix	1st Earl of Ypres ⓘ GCB ⓘ GCVO ⓘ KCMG ⓘ KG ⓘ OM ⓘ PC ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal
nobleTitle	Earl of Ypres ⓘ
notableFor	commanding the British Expeditionary Force in the early years of World War I on the Western Front ⓘ
notableWork	Command of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914–1915 ⓘ
occupation	military commander ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Le Cateau ⓘ Battle of Mons ⓘ First Battle of Ypres ⓘ First Battle of the Marne ⓘ Siege of Kimberley ⓘ surface form: Relief of Kimberley
placeOfBirth	Ripple, Kent, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Deal, Kent ⓘ surface form: Deal, Kent, England
positionHeld	Chief of the General Staff ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Imperial General Staff Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces (United Kingdom) Earl of Ypres ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ