Forbes MacBean (British Army officer, born 1857)

Major-General Forbes MacBean CB, CVO (1857–1919) was a British Army officer.

Forbes MacBean
Major-General Forbes Macbean
Born1857
Died1919
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldHighland Division
Battles/warsSecond Anglo-Afghan War
Tirah campaign
Second Boer War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Military career

Born the son of Colonel Forbes MacBean (c.1826–1900)[1] and educated at Uppingham School, MacBean was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1876.[2] After taking part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, he was mentioned in dispatches for his actions in taking the heights of Dargai in 1897 during the Tirah campaign.[3]

MacBean also served in the Second Boer War in 1899.[2] John Stirling recorded in his book 'Our Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902' that The Gordons were led by Lieut.-Colonel Burney and by Colonel Forbes Macbean, who has perhaps seen more hard fighting than any officer now alive and with his regiment.[4]

He went on to be General Officer Commanding Highland Division in April 1908 and commander of the 21st Bareilly Brigade in India in September 1911 before retiring in January 1915.[5]

He was Aide-de-camp to the King Edward VII from 1907 to 1911.[2]

References

  1. "Forbes MacBean (abt. 1826 - 1900)". Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "MacBean, Major-General Forbes". Indian Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. "No. 26943". The London Gazette. 1 March 1898. p. 1263.
  4. Stirling, John (1903). Our Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902. Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1847340658.
  5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Military offices
New title GOC Highland Division
1908–1911
Succeeded by
Charles Woollcombe
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