Francis Festing
Army officer
Born on: February 28, 1902Died on: August 3, 1976
Aged: 74 years 157 days (893 months)
Birth Sign: Pisces
Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing, was a senior British Army officer. His most important posts were as Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, 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 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.
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