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Sir Francis Tuker
Nickname(s)"Gertie"
Born4 July 1894
Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Died7 October 1967 (aged 73)
Mawnan South, Cornwall, England
AllegianceFrancis Tuker United Kingdom
Service/branchFrancis Tuker British Army
Francis Tuker British Indian Army
Years of service1914–1948
RankLieutenant General
Service number282035
UnitRoyal Sussex Regiment
2nd Gurkha Rifles
Commands held1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
34th Indian Infantry Division
4th Indian Infantry Division
IV Corps
Eastern Command, India
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Other workWriter, Military Historian

Lieutenant General Sir Francis Ivan Simms Tuker KCIE CB DSO OBE (4 July 1894 – 7 October 1967) was a senior British Indian Army officer who commanded the 4th Indian Infantry Division during the Second World War from 1941.

During the Italian campaign he requested the bombing of the historical Monte Cassino Abbey in 1944, which led to its complete destruction.

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