Francis Wogan Festing
✓ Source-basedrisingArmy officer (1902-1976)
United KingdomLived 1902 to 1976 · aged 73Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing, was a senior British Army officer. His most important posts were as Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Troops in Egypt (1952), GOC Eastern Command (1954), Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces (1956), and Chief of the Imperial...
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Major General Festing and Major General Collin Jardine in North Burma, December 1944.
Major General Francis Festing, Commander of the 36th Infantry Division, with Brigadier Aslett and men of the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment during a break in the advance to Mandalay, January 1945.
Major General F. W. Festing, GOC of the 36th Infantry Division (seated in centre of front row), with other senior officers at a briefing, January 1945.Awards 8
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Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing, was a senior British Army officer. His most important posts were as Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Troops in Egypt (1952), GOC Eastern Command (1954), Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces (1956), and Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1958-61). He saw active service in the Second World War, taking a prominent role in Operation Ironclad and the Arakan offensive of the Burma campaign, and later advised the British government on ending conscription and reducing the size of the army by fifteen battalions.
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