William Kirkpatrick (British Army officer)

Brigadier-General William Johnston Kirkpatrick (1852 – 22 November 1931) 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 the first general officer commanding (GOC) of the Wessex Division, part of the newly created Territorial Force (TF), on 1 April 1908 before retiring from the army in December.

In retirement he lived at a house known as "Cloon Eavin" at Yateley in Hampshire.

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