Franks Force
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At first I thought it had something to do with France (or Frankrijk in dutch), but Frank should be Maj General G. Frank according to http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/29635-franks-force/ but I can't find a general Frank in Lives.
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Franks Force -This was a temporary division under the command of Major General Franks of the Royal Artillery, which was formed to take over a sector of front. It consisted of 103 infantry brigade, and the artillery of 175 complemented by A battery of 152 brigade. (See entry in month of September)
Link https://sites.google.com/site/175brigaderfa/175-bgde-war-diary/1916
Also another entry in another link: re Franks: “Franks may also have been tired: he did not command 35 Division long and went to a Home command when he left the Division”. Link: page 65. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/2929072/DX216000.pdf
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cyngast
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I've found a Major General George McKenzie Franks on Lives: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1246957 This fits with the last entry in your Invision Zone thread that says General G McK Franks. According to lives, he was in the Royal Garrison Artillery.
And here's what he looked like: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp132736/sir-george-mckenzie-franks
This type of force is one of those where unit's were shifted around and detached to other units in order to put together the needed types of force in that particular area at that particular time.
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