Title

Sir John French', c1914, (1919).

Caption

'Sir John French', c1914, (1919). Portrait of British soldier John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres. Field Marshal French (1852-1925) served during the Boer Wars, and was first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force for the first two years of World War I before serving as Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces. In 1918 Lord French became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a position he held throughout much of the Irish War of Independence. From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. II, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]

Date

1919

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F14_343

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,5Mb (2,4Mb) / 13,1in x 17,9in / 3936 x 5376 (300dpi)

Keywords

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