William Kirkpatrick | |
Birth Date: | 1852 |
Death Date: | 22 November 1931 |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Rank: | Brigadier-General |
Branch: | British Army |
Commands: | 1st Bn York and Lancaster Regiment Wessex Division |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Brigadier-General William Johnston Kirkpatrick (1852 – 22 November 1931) was a British Army officer.
Kirkpatrick was commissioned into the Antrim Artillery on 14 December 1872 and transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 28 February 1874.[1] He commanded the 1st Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded Volksrust Sub-district.[2] He became General Officer Commanding Wessex Division in April 1908 before retiring in December 1908.[3]
In retirement he lived at a house known as "Cloon Eavin" at Yateley in Hampshire.[4]