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{{Infobox military person
| name = Vere Bonamy Fane
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1863|06|16}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1924|05|23|1863|06|16}}
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
| branch = [[British Army]] [[British Indian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1884–1888 1888–1924
| rank =[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]
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| commands =[[21st Punjabis]] Jhelum Brigade [[Bannu Brigade]]
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| awards =[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]] (3) [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] [[Order of the Nile|Order of the Nile (2nd class)]]
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[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir Vere Bonamy Fane''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|KCIE|KStJ}} (16 June 1863 – 23 May 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Vere Bonamy Fane |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date= 24 May 1924 |issue=43660 |page=16}}</ref> was an officer in the [[British Army]] and [[British Indian Army]]. He served in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and [[First World War]].

==Career==
Vere Fane was commissioned as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Manchester Regiment]] on 12 November 1884<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 25413|date=11 November 1884 |page=4840 }}</ref> and in March 1888 transferred to the [[Bengal Staff Corps]] of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 26001|date=13 December 1889 |page=7203 |nolink=yes}}</ref> Promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 12 November 1895,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 26700|date=17 January 1896 |page=291 |nolink=yes}}</ref> he was on 1 April 1900 appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general in [[Derajat]], attached to the [[Punjab Army|Punjab Command]].<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1901</ref> Only months later, he was in August 1900 appointed to serve on the staff of the Indian Cavalry Brigade that formed part of the China Field Force during the [[Boxer Rebellion]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27423|date=2 November 1900 |page=6692 |}}</ref> and from October that year acted as [[Provost marshal]] and police commissioner in [[Tientsin]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27357|date=20 September 1901 |page=6173 |nolink=yes}}</ref> For his services during the campaign, he was [[Mentioned in Despatches]] by Lieutenant-General [[Alfred Gaselee|Sir Alfred Gaselee]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27313 |date=14 May 1901 |page=3279 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and by Major-General [[O'Moore Creagh]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27497 |date=21 November 1902 |page=7532}}</ref> Fane had returned home by October 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence - The British Forces in China |date=7 October 1902 |page=8 |issue=36892}}</ref>

He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] and became a [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom|brevet]] [[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in 1903.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27568 |date=26 June 1903 |page=4010 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was further brevetted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] in 1909<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28234 |date=19 March 1909 |page=2124 |nolink=yes}}</ref> when he was appointed [[Commandant]] (Commanding Officer) of the [[21st Punjabis]]. Substantive promotions to Lieutenant Colonel<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28350 |date=22 March 1910 |page=2034 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and Colonel<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28487 |date=21 April 1911 |page=3095 |nolink=yes}}</ref> followed and on the outbreak of the [[First World War]] he was appointed as temporary [[Brigadier|Brigadier General]] commanding the Jhelum Brigade.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29023 |date=29 December 1914 |page=11207 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> Fane was appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in January 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=12630 |date=2 January 1914|page=7|city=e }}</ref>

In 1915 Fane was commanding officer of the [[Bannu Brigade]] on the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|North West Frontier]] and in recognition for his actions during the [[Operations in the Tochi|attack on Miranshah]] in March he was made a [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29343 |date=29 October 1915 |page=10646 |nolink=yes}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29514|supp=y|date=17 March 1916 |page=3037 |nolink=yes}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29652|supp=y|date=4 July 1916|page=6697 |nolink=yes}}</ref> Fane was promoted to Major General on 3 September 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29771|supp=y|date=29 September 1916|page=9536 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and served in the campaigns in [[Sinai and Palestine campaign|Palestine]] and [[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia]]. His service in these campaigns earned him promotion to [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=13250 |date= 30 April 1918|page=1632|city=e |nolink=yes}}</ref> and two awards from foreign governments; the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30309 |date=28 September 1917|page=9984|supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> and the [[Order of the Nile|Order of the Nile (2nd class)]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31659 |date=25 November 1919|page=14635|supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was also Mentioned in Despatches twice more, on 15 August 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30233|supp=y|date=14 August 1917|page=8328 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and on 27 August 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30867|supp=y|date=23 August 1918|page=9984 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

On 5 July 1918 Fane became Colonel of the 21st Punjabis (a ceremonial appointment),<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30781|date=5 July 1918|page=7951 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and in 1920 also Colonel of the Manchester Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31987 |date=20 July 1920|page=7729|supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He continued to serve with the Indian Army, being a district commander in Burma. Two further honours followed, promotion to [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in January 1921<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32178 |date=1 January 1921|page=4|supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> and appointment as [[Venerable Order of Saint John|Knight of Grace of Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32606 |date=10 February 1922|page=1189 |nolink=yes}}</ref> At his own request he relinquished his appointment with the army in Burma in April 1924<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32950 |date=27 June 1924|page=4991 |nolink=yes}}</ref> but died shortly after and was buried in [[Fulbeck]], Lincolnshire.

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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Knights of Grace of the Order of St John]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)]]
[[Category:Manchester Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:1863 births]]
[[Category:1924 deaths]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion]]
[[Category:Bengal Staff Corps officers]]

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