John Duncan (British Army officer, born 1870)

John Duncan
John Duncan
Born	16 May 1870
Died	1960 (aged 89−90)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1889−
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Royal Scots
Commands	165th (Liverpool) Brigade; 214th Brigade; 60th Brigade; 61st (2nd South Midland) Division
Battles / wars	Second Boer War; First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Francis John Duncan CB, CMG, DSO (16 May 1870 – 1960) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Shrewsbury School,^[1] Duncan was commissioned into the Royal Scots on 21 September 1889.^[2] After serving in the Second Boer War, he became military commandant at Edenburg in South Africa.^[1]

During the First World War he was deployed as a staff officer with the British Expeditionary Force, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in February 1915,^[3] and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in March 1915.^[4] He then became commander of the 165th (Liverpool) Brigade in France January 1916,^[5] commander of the 214th Brigade in the UK in April 1917 and commander of 60th Brigade in France in October 1917.^[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in 1918.^[6]

In 1905 he married Lili Linder.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The VC and DSO volume II. p. 203. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "No. 25976". The London Gazette. 20 September 1889. p. 5050.
^ "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1691.
^ "No. 29102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 March 1915. p. 2623.
^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^ Sheffield, Gary; Bourne, John (2006). Douglas Haig: Diaries and Letters 1914-1918. Phoenix. ISBN 9781474603355.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Colin Mackenzie	GOC 61st (2nd South Midland) Division 1918−1919	Post disbanded

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