Francis Inglefield

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

Francis Inglefield
Major-General Francis Seymour Inglefield
Born1855
Died1930
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held12th Infantry Brigade
54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

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]

References
  1. "No. 24104". The London Gazette. 12 June 1874. p. 2995.
  2. "Francis Seymour Inglefield". Anglo-Boer War. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2700.
  4. "No. 28151". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 June 1908. p. 4641.
  5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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