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  • William Forbes Gatacre
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  • Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre KCB DSO (1843 – 1906) was a British soldier who served between 1862 to 1904 in India and Africa. He commanded a division of two brigades at the Omdurman, and commanded the 3rd Division during the first months of the Second Boer War during which time he suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Stormberg.
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  • 77
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honorific suffix
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serviceyears
  • 1862
Birth Date
  • 1843-12-03
Branch
  • 23
death place
  • Gambella, Abyssinia
Name
  • London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • General Gatacre by Beatrix Gatacre
  • William Forbes Gatacre
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  • 14426
  • 41788
Birth Place
  • Herbertshire Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Awards
death date
  • 1906-01-18
Rank
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honorific prefix
  • Sir
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  • Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre KCB DSO (1843 – 1906) was a British soldier who served between 1862 to 1904 in India and Africa. He commanded a division of two brigades at the Omdurman, and commanded the 3rd Division during the first months of the Second Boer War during which time he suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Stormberg.
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