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General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC was a British Army General.
26 de sept. de 2017 · The son of R. A. Smith-Dorrien, of Haresfoot, Herts, and brother to the late Mr. Smith-Dorrien-Smith, of Tresco Abbey, Scilly Isles, he was born on May 26, 1858. From Harrow, he joined the 95th Foot, The Sherwood Foresters, in February, 1876. In 1878 he went out to Zululand on special services with the new creation of the day, mounted infantry.
Horace Smith-Dorrien est né à Berkhamsted, il est le douzième enfant d'une famille de seize. Il fait ses études à Harrow. Le 26 février 1876, il entre à l'académie militaire royale de Sandhurst. il est incorporé au 95e Régiment d'infanterie du Derbyshire. Le 1er novembre 1878, il est envoyé en Afrique du Sud.
General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British Army General. One of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana as a young officer, he also distinguished himself in the Second Boer War.
Smith-Dorrien is one of the most famous members of the Sherwood Foresters. He commanded the regiment in 1899 and was Colonel of the regiment from 1905 until his death in 1930. His fame was due to his being the target of Sir John French's spite during World War 1 and to the fact that he was one of the few survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana ...
Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace Lockwood. (1858-1930). Born in Haresfoot, England. A veteran of the 1879 battle of Isandhlwana and the Boer War, he assumed command of the II Corps of the British Expeditionary Force from August 1914 and the Second Army from December 1914 to April 1915.
Smith-Dorrien held senior commands in the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He commanded II Corps at the Battle of Mons, the first major action fought by the BEF, and the Battle of Le Cateau, where he fought a vigorous and successful defensive action contrary to the wishes of the Commander-in-Chief Sir John French, with whom he had had a personality clash dating back some ...
