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British General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien is famous for his part in two famous events; the Battle of Isandhlwana in 1879, and the Battle of Le Cateau in 1914. At Isandhlwana, he was one of only five soldiers to survive the Zulu Army's envelopment of an invading column of British troops.
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, 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 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 ...
A biplane flying past General Sir H.L. Smith-Dorrien at a parade on Perham Down, 1913 Photograph of General Horace Smith-Dorrien with Colonel G T Forestier-Walker and Colonel Paul Kenna VC by Mrs Albert Broom
General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB GCMG DSO ADC 1858-1930 had a distinguished if at times controversial military career and is greatly respected in Berkhamsted. He distinguished himself in the Second Boer War and held senior commands in the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
