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General Sir John (Philip) Du Cane GCB (1865–1947) was a British Army general and a former Master-General of the Ordnance. He held high rank during World War I. ==Military career== Du Cane was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1884.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He served in the Second Boer War and became Commander Royal Artillery for 3rd Division in 1911.〔 He served in World War I initially as a Brigadier-General on the General Staff of III Corps.〔 In 1915, as Major-General Royal Artillery, he was Artillery Advisor at General Headquarters; Robertson, Chief of Staff to the BEF in 1915, later stated that he had laid the organisational groundwork for the massive expansion of BEF artillery during the war.〔Robertson p222-3〕〔 He was posted to the Ministry of Munitions in 1916 and then became GOC XV Corps in 1916.〔 In that capacity, he was closely involved in Operation Hush, a planned invasion on the Belgian coast.〔(The Long, Long Trail )〕 On 12 April 1918, against the backdrop of the German "Georgette" Offensive and Field Marshal Haig's demands for French reinforcements, he was appointed liaison officer between Haig and the Allied Generalissimo General Foch.〔Harris 2008 p469-71〕 He was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance in 1920 and then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Western Command in 1923.〔 He was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for British Army of the Rhine from 1924 until 1927 when he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta; he retired in 1931.〔 He was also Aide-de-Camp General to the King from 1926 to 1930.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Philip Du Cane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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