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William Kirkpatrick (British Army officer)

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William Kirkpatrick
Born1852
Died22 November 1931
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier-General
Commands1st Bn York and Lancaster Regiment
Wessex Division
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Brigadier-General William Johnston Kirkpatrick CB (1852 – 22 November 1931) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Kirkpatrick was commissioned into the Antrim Artillery on 14 December 1872 and transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 28 February 1874. He commanded the 1st Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded Volksrust Sub-district. He became General Officer Commanding Wessex Division in April 1908 before retiring in December 1908.

In retirement he lived at a house known as "Cloon Eavin" at Yateley in Hampshire.

References

  1. "No. 23928". The London Gazette. 13 December 1872. p. 6302.
  2. Hart's Army List. 1888. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. "No. 27282". The London Gazette. 8 February 1901. p. 959.
  4. Hart's Army List. 1902. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  6. Tipton, Peter (2018). Yateley in the Great War. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1473876521.
Military offices
New title GOC Wessex Division
April 1908 – December 1908 		Succeeded byCharles Blomfield
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