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• tunic, Scarlet, Full Dress, Field Marshal

  (uniforms and insignia)

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• YPRES - THE SHELL SHATTERED CITY OF FLANDERS (1918) [Main Title]

  (film) 1918

  Highly unstructured British film showing scenes in the town and area of Ypres, Western Front, 1916-1918.

• pince-nez. pair, with case

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: George Spiller Ltd (London)

  Pair of pince-nez spectacles (with case) associated with the First World War service of Field Marshal Sir John French. Field Marshal Sir John French [1st Earl of Ypres] (1852-1925): after initial service in the Royal Navy French transferred to the Army -...

• portrait, Sir John French

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Field Marshal Sir John French was born on 28th September 1852 and was commissioned in February 1874 into the 8th Hussars and then later the 19th Hussars. By February 1885, he was a Lieutenant Colonel and 1899 French was Major General at the Cavalry...

• ARMISTICE DAY 1920 - HOMECOMING OF AN UNKNOWN WARRIOR [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Pathe (Production company) 1920

  I. Scenes in the Charing Cross area of central London on Armistice Day, with crowds cheering in the streets, 11th November 1918.

• THE AWARD OF MILITARY CROSS TO THE CITY OF YPRES, BELGIUM

  part of "FRENCH JOHN (SIR)" (photographs) 1920-05-19

  The Mayor of Ypres acknowledging the award of the Military Cross to the city. Field Marshal Lord John French and King Albert I of Belgium are both present (on the left)

• THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN BRITAIN 1914-1918

  part of "CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL EXCHANGE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Lord John French inspecting Canadian camps in England - at the entrance to a trench system.

• BRITISH COMMANDERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL EXCHANGE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Canadian Official photographer

  Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, looking at a machine gun pit in front of the trenches with a trap door in the natural surroundings on the Western Front.

• British War Medal (1914-1920)

  (decorations and awards)

  First World War campaign medal awarded to Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, August 1914 to December 1915.

• Victory Medal (1914-1919)

  (decorations and awards)

  First World War campaign medal awarded to Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, August 1914 to December 1915.