John Philip Du Cane

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Sir

John Du Cane

Mentioned in Despatches

General Officer Commanding XV Corps 1916–18, then from April 1918 as liaison officer between Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and the Allied Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch. After the war he was Master-General of the Ordnance
.

Military career

Du Cane was

major on 14 February 1900.[2][3]

Group portrait of officers at the British Staff College at Camberley, England, 1906. John Du Cane, then a colonel, is sat in the front row, fifth from the left.

Du Cane served in the

mentioned in despatches and received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the South Africa honours list published on 26 June 1902.[6]

He then served at the Staff College, Camberley, as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General from 1905−1907.[7]

Du Cane became

3rd Division in 1911.[1]

Du Cane served in the First World War initially as a

General Officer Commanding XV Corps in 1916.[1] In that capacity, he was closely involved in Operation Hush, a planned invasion on the Belgian coast.[9] On 12 April 1918, against the backdrop of the German "Georgette" Offensive and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's demands for French reinforcements, he was appointed liaison officer between Haig and the Allied Generalissimo General Foch.[10]

After the war, Du Cane made his home in London at 4

the King from 1926 to 1930. He retired in 1931.[1]

General election 1923: Horncastle [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Pattinson 10,954 54.5 +0.4
Unionist
 John Du Cane 9,135 45.5 −0.4
Majority 1,819 9.0 +0.8
Turnout 20,089 80.9 −0.6
Registered electors 24,821
Liberal hold Swing +0.4

Works

  • DuCane, Lt. General Sir John, Marshal Foch, London: privately printed, 1920

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ^ "No. 27175". The London Gazette. 20 March 1900. p. 1878.
  3. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
  4. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
  5. ^ "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 10.
  6. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. pp. 4191–4194.
  7. ISBN 978-1844158898
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  8. ^ Robertson p222-3
  9. ^ The Long, Long Trail
  10. ^ Harris 2008, pp. 469–471.
  11. ^ "Upper Brook Street: North Side Pages 200-210 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings). Originally published by London County Council, London, 1980". British History Online. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  12. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1931

Sources

Military offices
Preceded by GOC XV Corps
1916–1918 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Master-General of the Ordnance
1920–1923 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC-in-C Western Command
1923–1924 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine

1924–1927 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Malta
1927–1931 		Succeeded by
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