William Dobbie

William Dobbie

Lieutenant-General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie GCMG, KCB, DSO (12 July 1879 – 3 October 1964) was a British Army veteran of the Second Boer War, and First and Second World Wars.

Read more about William Dobbie:  Early Life, Second Boer War, World War I, Interwar Years, World War II, Later Years, Dobbie's Hypothesis To The Fall of Singapore, Quotes

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