| 词条 | Arthur Dorward (British Army officer) |
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| name =Sir Arthur Dorward | image = | caption = | birth_date =1848 | death_date =1934 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place =Palma, Majorca | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears =1868–1918 | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =Troops in the Straits Settlements Commissioner of Weihaiwei | battles =Second Anglo-Afghan War Boxer Rebellion | awards =Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Sir Arthur Robert Ford Dorward, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|DSO}} (1848–1934) was a British Army officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements. Military careerDorward was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1868.[1] He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878.[2] He was appointed Commander, Royal Engineers in Jamaica in 1897 and then took part in the capture of Tientsin following the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, for which he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).[3] Dorward then served as Commissioner of Weihaiwei from September 1901,[4] and went on to be Commander of the troops in Shanghai later the same year. In October 1902 it was announced he would vacate his command in Shanghai as the British reduced their forces in China,[5] and he returned home where he was received by King Edward VII and invested with the KCB at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.[6] He was subsequently appointed General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements with the rank of brigadier-general,[7] taking up this post in 1903.[8] Two years later he was appointed Major-General in charge of Administration in South Africa in 1905.[1] He served in World War I as Inspector of Hutting at the War Office.[1] He died in Palma, Majorca.[9] References1. ^1 2 Sir Arthur Robert Ford Dorward Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorward, Arthur}}2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=Sir+Arthur+Robert+Ford+Dorward&source=bl&ots=JSwbb54Y_8&sig=tP--T1Ui7vW7h3hakPySVUzDXIE&hl=en&ei=HzNxTt6GMsqz8QOioMmRCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Arthur%20Robert%20Ford%20Dorward&f=false Dictionary of Indian Biography, p.121] 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27337 |date=24 July 1901 |page=4915 |supp=y}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27352 |date=6 September 1901 |page=5875}} 5. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence - The British Forces in China |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=7 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36892| }} 6. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Court Circular |day_of_week=Saturday |date=25 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36908| }} 7. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Friday |date=3 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36889| }} 8. ^Army Commands {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }} 9. ^Major-General Sir Arthur Dorward, former GOC Straits The Straits Times, 27 March 1934 6 : 1848 births|1934 deaths|British Army generals of World War I|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Royal Engineers officers |
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