Major-General Sir George McKenzie Franks KCB (16 October 1868 – 12 October 1958) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 35th Division.
Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,[1] Franks was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 July 1887.
[4] He saw action during the First World War and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 1 January 1917.
[5] He was given command of 35th Division on 9 July 1917, but was replaced on 27 March 1918, after he misinterpreted the verbal orders of Lieutenant General Walter Congreve and directed a withdrawal from the line Albert–Bray-sur-Somme.
[6] Franks went on to be General Officer Commanding, United Provinces District, India and, in that capacity, was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1927 Birthday Honours.