Festing was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Brigadier General Francis Leycester Festing and Charlotte Katherine Grindall Festing (née Festing)....
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three elder brothers are John Festing (a former High Sheriff of Northumberland), Major Michael Festing, and Andrew Festing (formerly President of the Royal...
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Flying Corps in France. Festing was the son of Major General Sir Francis Festing. He married Charlotte Katharine Grindall Festing (his second cousin) and...
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Sir Francis Festing (1902–1976), British field marshal Sir Francis Worgan Festing (1833–1886), British Royal Marines major-general John Festing (1837–1902)...
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Major General Sir Francis Worgan Festing, KCMG, CB (24 July 1833 – 21 November 1886) was a British Royal Marines officer. Festing, second son of Captain...
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(1898–1979) 29 September 1955 29 September 1958 3 years 21 Festing, FrancisField Marshal Sir Francis Festing (1902–1976) 29 September 1958 1 November 1961 3 years...
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Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British...
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Sir Francis Festing 1946–1948 Major-General Sir George Erskine 1948–1949 Major-General Francis Matthews Jun–Sep 1949 Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Festing...
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John Churcher Preceded by Sir Francis Festing Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong 1946–1948 Succeeded by Francis Matthews Preceded by Richard Gale...
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remained in this post until late November 1918 when Brigadier-General Francis Festing took over. Livingston's autobiography, Hot Air in Cold Blood, was published...
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Volume 4: The Hinge of Fate. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-144175-7. de Guingand, Francis (1947). Operation Victory. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Delaforce, Patrick...
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Portrait Painters. Andrew Festing was born on 30 November 1941, the third son of four boys of Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing and Mary Cecilia Riddell...
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Colchester, Essex, the son (and only child) of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Francis Templer, of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and Mabel Eileen Templer (née Johnston)...
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22. "No. 16915". The London Gazette. 9 July 1814. p. 1389. Maceroni, Francis (1838). Memoirs of the Life and Adventures of Colonel Maceroni. Vol. 2...
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Duties, War Office 1948–1950 Succeeded by Edric Bastyan Preceded by Sir Francis Festing GOC British Troops in Egypt 1954–1956 Troops withdrawn Preceded by...
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Military offices Preceded by Sir Edward Grassett Commander of British Troops in China August – December 1941 Succeeded by Sir Francis Festing...
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Gerald Templer Royal Irish Fusiliers 1898 27 November 1956 1979 Sir Francis Festing Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1902 1 September 1960 1976...
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zeal for Roman Catholicism. When the queen gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward Stuart, it opened up the prospect of successive Catholic monarchs...
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