Edward Fanshawe (British Army officer)

Sir Edward Fanshawe
1917 portrait by Francis Dodd
Born(1859-04-04)4 April 1859
Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, England[1]
Died13 November 1952(1952-11-13) (aged 93)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1878–1923
RankLieutenant General
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsV Corps
11th (Northern) Division
31st Division
Battles / warsSecond Anglo-Afghan War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath[2]
RelationsMajor General Sir Robert Fanshawe (brother)
Lieutenant General Sir Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe (brother)

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 German spring offensive. He was the second eldest of three brothers who rose to command divisions or corps during the war.

  1. ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/sir-edward-arthur-fanshawe-24-g53rj [bare URL]
  2. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 2.