Francis Inglefield

Francis Inglefield
Francis Inglefield
	Inglefield in 1917
Birth name	Francis Seymour Inglefield
Born	1855
Died	1930 (aged 74–75)
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-general
Commands held	12th Infantry Brigade; 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division;
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; First World War;
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order;

Major-General Francis Seymour Inglefield CB DSO (1855–1930) was a British Army officer.

Military career[]

Inglefield was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot on 13 June 1874.^[1] He saw action at the Battle of Poplar Grove on 7 March 1900 and at the Battle of Driefontein in March 1900 during the Second Boer War^[2] for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.^[3] He became a staff officer with the 5th Division in November 1905 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1908 Birthday Honours.^[4]

He went on to become Commander of 12th Infantry Brigade in July 1909 and General Officer Commanding 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division in June 1913.^[5] He led his division at the landing at Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War^[6] and then retired in April 1916.^[5]

He was honorary colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment from 1920 to 1925.^[7]

^ "No. 24104". The London Gazette. 12 June 1874. p. 2995.
^ "Francis Seymour Inglefield". Anglo-Boer War. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2700.
^ "No. 28151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1908. p. 4641.
^ ^a ^b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ Mortlock, Michael J. (2007). The Landings at Suvla Bay, 1915: An Analysis of British Failure During the Gallipoli Campaign. McFarland & Co. p. 160. ISBN 978-0786430352.
^ Mills, T.F. "The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2007.

Military offices
Preceded by Charles Townshend	GOC 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division 1913–1916	Succeeded by Sir Steuart Hare
Preceded by Sir Coleridge Grove	Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment 1920–1925	Succeeded by Sir Gerald Boyd

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