7 October 1967 (aged 73) Mawnan South, Cornwall, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army British Indian Army
Years of service
1914–1948
Rank
Lieutenant General
Service number
282035
Unit
Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Gurkha Rifles
Commands held
1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles 34th Indian Infantry Division 4th Indian Infantry Division IV Corps Eastern Command, India
Battles/wars
First World War Second World War
Awards
Knight 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 work
Writer, 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.
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...
more than 50,000 Hindus were killed.[citation needed] According to FrancisTuker, who at the time of the disturbances was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief...
be more useful to the Germans if we left it unbombed. Major General FrancisTuker, whose 4th Indian Division would have the task of attacking Monastery...
Beresford-Peirse GOC 4th Indian Infantry Division 1941–1942 Succeeded by FrancisTuker Preceded by Herbert Lumsden GOC 1st Armoured Division January–February...
towards Tallouf, in which the 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General FrancisTuker) would make a night attack on 23/24 March around the inland end of the...
Charles Tucker Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Tudor Lieutenant-General Sir FrancisTuker Major-General Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch Major-General Sir Alexander...
of four corps: IV Corps (Geoffry Scoones, later Frank Messervy and FrancisTuker), Indian XV Corps (Philip Christison), Indian XXXIII Corps (Philip Christison...
Armoured Division (commanded by George Erskine), 4th Indian Division (FrancisTuker), and 201st Guards Brigade. The 4th British Division and the 4th Indian...
Reconnaissance Regiment 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General FrancisTuker until 4 February then Brigadier Harry Dimoline (due to illness)) 5th...
official estimate put the number of deaths at only 445. Writing in 1950, FrancisTuker, who at the time of the violence was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief...
the air base in Jubbulpore, Central Provinces and Berar. According to FrancisTuker, the commanding officer of the Eastern Command, the dissatisfaction...
(Major-General Dan Pienaar) Indian 4th Infantry Division (Major-General FrancisTuker) Southern sector British XIII Corps (Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks)...
towards Tallouf, in which the 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General FrancisTuker) was to make a night attack on 23/24 March, around the inland end of...
unsuccessful lines as used by the Americans the month before. Major-General FrancisTuker, commander of the 4th Indian Division, voiced strong disapproval regarding...
Guards Parade on 31 May since 1993. At the dedication ceremony to a FrancisTuker memorial tablet at Brighton College, the band performed a Beating Retreat...
then in March 1944 he had an interlude in Italy when Major General FrancisTuker, the commander of the 4th Indian Infantry Division, which was in the...
Godwin-Austen and countermanded the latter's orders to Major-General FrancisTuker, the commander of the 4th Indian Division. Feeling that Ritchie had...
the Forces and Master-General of the Ordnance Lieutenant-General Sir FrancisTuker (1894–1967), Indian Army officer and military historian, commander 4th...
and the junction with the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, Major-General FrancisTuker, the 4th Indian Division commander, persuaded General Montgomery to...
the Directorate of Military Training on 27 June 1941, under Brigadier FrancisTuker. Advanced to a GSO 2 on 26 September and promoted temporary major in...