Philip de Fonblanque, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Philip de Fonblanque

British general

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1885

Date of Death: 02-Jul-1940

Profession: military personnel, engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Major-General Philip de Fonblanque DSO (16 November 1885 – 2 July 1940) was a senior British officer, who at the start of the Second World War, organised the logistics for the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium.
Already a sick man, the result of his exertions was that he died shortly after his evacuation from France in June 1940.