Horace Smith-Dorrien

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British Army officer general human military personnel of World War I

Horace Smith-Dorrien was a British Army general of the First World War, noted for his leadership of II Corps during the early battles on the Western Front and his earlier service in colonial campaigns.

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Label Occurrences
Horace Smith-Dorrien canonical 5
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien 2
Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military personnel of World War I ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of the Medjidie ⓘ
Order of Osmanieh ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Osmanieh
birthDate 1858-05-26 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
Sawbridgeworth ⓘ
surface form: Haresfoot, Hertfordshire
causeOfDeath injuries from road traffic collision ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
Anglo-Egyptian War ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian War of 1882

World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Mahdist War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1930-08-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Chippenham ⓘ
England ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
describedBySource The War in France and Flanders (British official history) ⓘ
surface form: Official History of the Great War

Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Harrow School ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
familyName Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
father Robert Algernon Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
fullName Horace Smith-Dorrien self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
givenName Horace ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
mother Mary Anne Drever ⓘ
notableFor leadership of II Corps on the Western Front in 1914 ⓘ
service in colonial campaigns in Africa ⓘ
notableWork command of II Corps during the Retreat from Mons ⓘ
defence at the Battle of Le Cateau ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of II Corps, British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in South Africa ⓘ
General Officer Commanding II Corps ⓘ
Governor of Gibraltar ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Olive Crofton Schneider ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Battle of Ypres → commander → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) → officeHolder → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir William F. D. Smith-Dorrien
II Corps (British Army) → worldWarICommander → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
II Corps (British Army) → notableCommander → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
British 5th Division → notableCommander → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
Horace Smith-Dorrien → fullName → Horace Smith-Dorrien self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
Battle of Le Cateau → commander → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
Governor of Portsmouth → officeHeldBy → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
Battle of the Lys (1918) → commander → Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ