Sir Evelyn Dalrymple Fanshawe CB

Order of the Bath

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, CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (1895–1979) was a British Major General

Major General

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 and the Director of the International Refugee Organisation in the British Zone of Germany from 1948-1952.

A direct descendent of William the Conqueror and grandson on his mother's side of Sir Evelyn Wood, he was born to Lt. Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe

Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe

Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, KCB, KCMG, was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded V Corps on the Western Front and the 18th Indian Division in the Mesopotamian Campaign...

 and Anna Paulina Mary Wood in 1895. He married Marie Harari in 1920.

Military career

He was commissioned into the Queen's Bays in 1914 and saw service in France

France

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, Palestine

Palestine

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, Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

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, Persia, Russia

Russia

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 and Syria

Syria

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 during World War I

World War I

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; among his assignments during this period was Aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 to his father who was General Officer Commanding

General Officer Commanding

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 the British Cavalry Corps (1915). From 1915-1919 he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...

. He returned to his regiment as Adjutant

Adjutant

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 in 1919. In 1939 he was appointed Commander of the 20th Armoured Brigade and following promotion to Major General he held the post of the Armoured Training and Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Armoured Corps

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 Training Establishment from 1942 to the end of the War.

Later career

Fanshawe retired from the Army in 1945 whereupon he became the UN Relief and Rehabilitation

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

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 Administration Director in the British Zone of Germany (1945–1948). Subsequently he was Director of the International Refugee Organisation in the British Zone of Germany from 1948-1952. In 1952 he was attached to the Dominion Countries UN Organisation Mission, and in 1960 was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire

High Sheriff of Northamptonshire

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