John Philip Du Cane
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General Sir John Philip Du Cane, was a British Army officer. He held high rank during the First World War, most notably as Major General Royal Artillery at General Headquarters in 1915 when the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was expanding rapidly, as General Officer Commanding XV Corps 1916–18, then from April 1918 as liaison officer between Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and the Allied Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch. After the war he was Master-General of the Ordnance.
Major General Sir John Philip Du Cane by Francis Dodd
Group portrait of officers at the British Staff College at Camberley, England, 1906. John Du Cane, then a colonel, is sat in the front row, fifth from the left.
III Corps (United Kingdom)
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III Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War.
King George V inspecting the Guard of Honour on his visit to the III Corps headquarters at St. Gratien, 12 August 1918.