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  • Edward Fanshawe (British Army officer)
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  • Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Arthur Fanshawe KCB (4 April 1859 – 13 November 1952) was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division at Gallipoli and the V Corps on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the 1918 Spring Offensive. He was the second eldest of four brothers Henry Leighton Fanshawe, the eldest, (Edward), Hew, and Robert) and he, together with the last two, all rose to command divisions or corps during the war.
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serviceyears
  • 1859
Birth Date
  • 1859-04-04
Commands
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Name
  • Edward Fanshawe
Title
  • V Corps (United Kingdom)
  • Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery
  • Colonel Commandant of the Royal Horse Artillery
  • General Officer Commanding the 31st Division
  • General Officer Commanding the XXIII Corps
  • General Officer Commanding the 11th (Northern) Division
Awards
death date
  • 1952-11-13
Rank
Battles
Years
  • 1915
  • 1918
  • 1923
  • 1930
  • --07-04
  • August 1915 - July 1916
Relations
  • Maj-Gen. Sir Robert Fanshawe, Lt-Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe
abstract
  • Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Arthur Fanshawe KCB (4 April 1859 – 13 November 1952) was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division at Gallipoli and the V Corps on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the 1918 Spring Offensive. He was the second eldest of four brothers Henry Leighton Fanshawe, the eldest, (Edward), Hew, and Robert) and he, together with the last two, all rose to command divisions or corps during the war.
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