Horace Smith-Dorrien, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British soldier
Date of Birth: 26-May-1858
Place of Birth: Berkhamsted, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 12-Aug-1930
Profession: military personnel, autobiographer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Horace Smith-Dorrien
- General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, (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 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.
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