William Kirkpatrick (British Army officer)

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

William Kirkpatrick
Born1852
Died22 November 1931
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankBrigadier-General
Commands held1st Bn York and Lancaster Regiment
Wessex Division
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Kirkpatrick was commissioned into the Antrim Artillery on 14 December 1872[1] and transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 28 February 1874.[2] He commanded the 1st Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the Second Boer War[3] and subsequently commanded Volksrust Sub-district.[4] He became General Officer Commanding Wessex Division in April 1908 before retiring in December 1908.[5]

In retirement he lived at a house known as "Cloon Eavin" at Yateley in Hampshire.[6]

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 by
Charles Blomfield
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