Francis Inglefield


Francis Seymour Inglefield, was a British Army officer.

Military career

Inglefield was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot on 13 June 1874. He saw action at the Battle of Poplar Grove on 7 March 1900 and at the Battle of Driefontein in March 1900 during the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He became a staff officer with the 5th Division in November 1905 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1908 Birthday Honours.
He went on to become Commander of 12th Infantry Brigade in July 1909 and General Officer Commanding 54th Infantry Division in June 1913. He led his division at the landing at Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War and then retired in April 1916.
He was honorary colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment from 1920 to 1925.