William Kirkpatrick (British Army officer)


William Johnston Kirkpatrick 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.