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John Duncan (British Army officer)
Major-General Sir John Duncan (24 February 1872 – 17 September 1948) was a British Army officer who commanded the Shanghai Defence Force.
==Military career==
Duncan was educated at the Royal Military College, and joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1891. He served on the North West Frontier of India before taking part in the Second Boer War (1899–1901).〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 On 31 January 1902 he was seconded for service on the Staff, and appointed brigade major of the infantry brigade at Malta.
He served in World War I at Gallipoli before being appointed commander of 78th Infantry Brigade in 1916 and then general officer commanding 22nd Division in Macedonia in 1917.〔 After the war he became major-general on the General Staff of the Army of the Black Sea in 1919.〔 He was appointed military attaché in Rome in 1920, general officer commanding 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division in 1923 and general officer commanding the Shanghai Defence Force in China in 1927.〔 The Shanghai Defence Force was established in January 1927 amidst concerns that British lives and properties were at risk during the unrest in China at the time.〔(Queen's Royal Surreys )〕 In practice he had to deal with a diplomatic incident when a British military plane made a forced landing on the International Race Course in Jiangwan.〔(Streets of Shanghai )〕 His last appointment was as general officer commanding 1st Infantry Division at Aldershot early in 1928 before retiring later that year.〔
After retiring from the army, Duncan was Chief Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade from 1931 to 1943.〔 He was appointed a Bailiff Grand Cross (the highest grade) of the Venerable Order of St John in 1946.
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