Francis Festing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Festing

Army officer

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1902

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1976

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing, (Mandarin: ???, fei shì ting; 28 August 1902 – 3 August 1976) was a senior British Army officer.
His most important posts were as Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong (1945–46 and 1949), General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Troops in Egypt (1952), GOC Eastern Command (1954), Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces (1956), and Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1958–61).
He saw active service in the Second World War, taking a prominent role in Operation Ironclad (the Battle of Madagascar) and the Arakan offensive of the Burma Campaign, and later advised the British government on ending conscription and reducing the size of the army by fifteen battalions.