Horace Smith-Dorrien

Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien
Nickname(s)	"Smith Doreen", Smith D., S.D., Smithereens
Born	(1858-05-26)26 May 1858 Haresfoot, Berkhamsted
Died	12 August 1930(1930-08-12) (aged 72) Chippenham, Wiltshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1876–1923
Rank	General
Commands held	Second Army II Corps Southern Command 19th Brigade
Battles/wars	Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Isandlwana Mahdist War Battle of Gennis Battle of Omdurman Tirah Campaign Second Boer War Battle of Paardeberg Sanna's Post Battle of Leliefontein First World War Battle of Mons Battle of Le Cateau First Battle of the Marne First Battle of the Aisne First Battle of Ypres Second Battle of Ypres
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Other work	Governor of Gibraltar

Anglo-Zulu War

Mahdist War

Tirah Campaign
Second Boer War

First World War

General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a senior British Army officer. 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 held senior commands in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 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 years. In the spring of 1915 he commanded the Second Army at the Second Battle of Ypres. He was relieved of command by French for requesting permission to retreat from the Ypres Salient to a more defensible position.