Francis Leycester Festing

Francis Leycester Festing
Francis Leycester Festing
Born	25 July 1877
Died	17 October 1948 (aged 71)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1895–1919
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Mahdist War; Second Boer War; First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Mentioned in Despatches (4)
Relations	Major General Sir Francis Festing (father); Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing (son)

Brigadier General Francis Leycester Festing, CB, CMG (25 July 1877 – 17 October 1948) was a senior officer in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Promoted to major on 1 September 1915,^[1] just over two years later he received a temporary promotion to brigadier general on 10 October 1917^[2] and took up post as the Deputy Adjutant-General at the headquarters of the Royal Flying Corps in France.

Festing was the son of Major General Sir Francis Festing. He married Charlotte Katharine Grindall Festing (his second cousin) and, in 1902, they had one child, Francis Wogan Festing, who rose to the rank of field marshal in the British Army.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "No. 29284". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 September 1915. pp. 8804–8805.
^ "No. 30411". The London Gazette. 30 November 1917. p. 12650.
^ "Festing, Sir Francis Wogan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31103. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links[edit]

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[1] "No. 29284". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 September 1915. pp. 8804–8805.

[2] "No. 30411". The London Gazette. 30 November 1917. p. 12650.

[3] "Festing, Sir Francis Wogan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31103. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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