| 词条 | John Philip Du Cane |
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| name =Sir John Du Cane | image = | caption = | birth_date =5 May 1865 | death_date =5 April 1947 (aged 81) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = South Kensington, London, England | death_place = Westminster, London, England | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =General | unit = | commands =XV Corps Western Command British Army of the Rhine Malta | battles = | awards =Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} General Sir John Philip Du Cane, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (5 May 1865 – 5 April 1947) was a British Army general. He held high rank during the First World War, most notably as Major-General Royal Artillery at General Headquarters in 1915 when the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was expanding rapidly, as General Officer Commanding XV Corps 1916-18, then from April 1918 as liaison officer between Field-Marshal Douglas Haig and the Allied Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch. After the war he was Master-General of the Ordnance. Military careerDu Cane was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in February 1884,[1] promoted to captain on 4 March 1893, and to major on 14 February 1900.[2] He served in the Second Boer War 1899-1900, and again from February 1901 when he was appointed a staff officer in South Africa. Following the end of hostilities in early June 1902, he left Cape Town on board the SS Assaye,[3] and arrived at Southampton the next month. He was mentioned in despatches and received a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel in the South Africa honours list published on 26 June 1902.[4] He became Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division in 1911.[1] He served in the First World War initially as a Brigadier-General on the General Staff of III Corps.[1] In 1915, as Major-General Royal Artillery, he was Artillery Advisor at General Headquarters; William Robertson, Chief of Staff to the BEF in 1915, later stated that he had laid the organisational groundwork for the massive expansion of BEF artillery during the war.[5][1] He was posted to the Ministry of Munitions in 1916 and then became GOC XV Corps in 1916.[1] In that capacity, he was closely involved in Operation Hush, a planned invasion on the Belgian coast.[6] On 12 April 1918, against the backdrop of the German "Georgette" Offensive and Field Marshal Haig's demands for French reinforcements, he was appointed liaison officer between Haig and the Allied Generalissimo General Foch.[7] He was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance in 1920 and then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Western Command in 1923.[1] He was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for British Army of the Rhine from 1924 until 1927 when he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta; he retired in 1931.[1] He was also Aide-de-Camp General to the King from 1926 to 1930.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 2. ^Hart′s Army list, 1903 3. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home |day_of_week=Thursday |date=26 June 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36804| }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 27448 |supp=y |pages=4191–4194 |date= 26 June 1902 }} 5. ^Robertson p222-3 6. ^The Long, Long Trail 7. ^Harris 2008 p469-71 Books
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