| 词条 | Francis Ventris |
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| name =Francis Ventris | image = | caption = | birth_date =1857 | death_date =1929 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =25th Division Commander of British Forces in China | battles =World War I | awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Francis Ventris CB (1857–1929) was Commander of British Forces in China. Military careerThe son of Edward Favell Ventris, who was Vicar of West Mersea in Essex before becoming Rector of Church Aston, Newport, Shropshire, by his wife Rose (née Fisher),[1] he was educated at Adams' Grammar School in Newport. Ventris was commissioned into the 44th Regiment of Foot in 1875.[2] He became an Adjutant of that Regiment in 1880.[3] In 1897, having served as an Assistant Adjutant-General in India, he was given command of a district in that country.[4] In 1903 he became a Brigadier commanding troops in North China.[5] He retired in 1909[6] but was then recalled at the start of World War I to become General Officer Commanding 25th Division in September 1914.[7] In 1915 he was appointed Commander of British Forces in China,[8] a post he relinquished in 1921.[9] He was given the colonelcy of the Essex Regiment in 1904, a position he held until his death.[10] He died in 1929. He had married Helen Maud Davies in 1883, and was father to three sons and two daughters. His eldest son Edward (1885-1938) was the father of Michael Ventris, who deciphered Linear B.[11] His youngest son Second Lieutenant Alan Favell Ventris of the South Lancashire Regiment was killed in action near Ypres on 14 September 1915 age 18 years and is interred at Birr Crossroads Cemetery.[12] References1. ^Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1891 {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=New formation}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the 25th Division|years=September 1914–May 1915}}{{s-aft|after=Beauchamp Doran}}{{succession box | before=Francis Kelly | title=Commander of British Forces in China | years=1915–1921 | after=Sir George Kirkpatrick}}{{s-bef|before=Hon. John Jocelyn Bourke}}{{s-ttl|title=Colonel of the Essex Regiment|years=1904–1929}}{{s-aft|after=John Cartwright Harding-Newman}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ventris, Francis}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=24180|page=599|date=12 February 1875}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=24865|page=4043|date=20 July 1880}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=26906|page=5995|date=2 November 1897}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27586|page=5074|date=11 August 1903}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=28270|page=5384|date=13 July 1909}} 7. ^The 25th Division in France and Flanders by Lieutenant-Colonel M Kincaid-Smith Naval & Military Press, 2006, {{ISBN|978-1-84734-103-7}} 8. ^Hong Kong Legislative Council 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=32381|supp=y|page=5447|date=5 July 1921}} 10. ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/044Essex.htm|title=The Essex Regiment|publisher=regiments.org|accessdate=14 March 2017|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225191106/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/044Essex.htm|archivedate=25 December 2005|df=dmy-all}} 11. ^Unit Histories 12. ^{{cite web |title=Ventris Family |url=https://friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/ventrisf.html |website=Friends of Hastings Cemetery |accessdate=20 September 2018}} 6 : 1857 births|1929 deaths|British Army generals of World War I|Essex Regiment officers|Companions of the Order of the Bath|44th Regiment of Foot officers |
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