| LC control no. | n 95117918 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith-Dorrien, Horace, 1858-1930 |
| Variant(s) | Dorrien, Horace Lockwood Smith-, Sir, 1858-1930 Smith-Dorrien, Horace Lockwood, Sir, 1858-1930 |
| Birth date | 1858-05-26 |
| Death date | 1930-08-12 |
| Place of birth | Berkhamsted, England |
| Place of death | Chippenham, England |
| Field of activity | Miltary sicence |
| Profession or occupation | Soldier Commander |
| Found in | The judgement of history, 1993: t.p. (Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien) p. vi (b. 26 May 1858; d. 12 Aug. 1930) LC data base, 12-08-95 (hdg.: Smith-Dorrien, Horace Lockwood, Sir, 1858-1930) OCLC #30122321: The judgement of history, 1993 (hdg.: Smith-Dorrien, Horace Lockwood, Sir, 1858-1930) Wikipedia, Nov. 6, 2012 (General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858-12 August 1930) was a British soldier and commander of the British II Corps and Second Army of the BEF during World War I ; born at Haresfoot, a house near Berkhamsted ; educated at Harrow, and on 26 February 1876 entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, passing out with a commission as a subaltern to the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. ; From 1887-9, Smith-Dorrien then left active command to go to the Staff College, Camberley.; On 2 February 1900, Lord Roberts put him in command of 19 Brigade and, on 11 February, he was promoted to Major-General ; made Adjutant General (6 November 1901) ; 1911, he was made Aide-de-Camp to King George V. ; 1 March 1912, he was appointed GOC Southern Command and on 10 August 1912 he was promoted to full General ; Governor of Gibraltar from 9 July 1918-26 May 1923 ; retired in September 1923, living in Portugal and then England ; played himself in the film The Battle of Mons, released in 1926 ; died on 12 August 1930 following injuries sustained in a car accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire) |
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