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Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien

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Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
hand-coloured bromide print, published 1914
5 7/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. (148 mm x 104 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2011
Photographs Collection
NPG x137451

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  • James Russell & Sons (active 1850s-1940s), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 692 portraits.
  • Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 18527 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.

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  • NPG Ax39028: Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (from same negative)

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Current affairs

Following Germany's declaration of war on France and invasion of Belgium, Herbert Henry Asquith, the British Prime Minister, declares war on the German Empire on August 4, 1914. The popular belief that the conflict would be 'over by Christmas' was soon found to be a bitter underestimate of the scale of the war.

Art and science

The fist issue of the periodical Blast is published by Wyndham Lewis, announcing the advent of Vorticism. This movement, named by Ezra Pound and taking in art and poetry, combined the vitality and dynamism of Italian Futurism with the geometric structure of Cubism. Vorticism was a direct challenge to the perceived quaint and domestic style of the Bloomsbury group and Roger Fry's Omega Workshop.

International

On June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo leading to Austria's declaration of war against Serbia and triggering the First World War. Germany declared war on Serbia's ally, Russia, and then marched on France via Belgium. Soon all of Europe and most of the world was embroiled in total war.

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Sean Scholfield

03 September 2016, 11:58

General Smith Dorrien led a fighting retreat with II Corps from Mons in 1914, contrary to the wishes of Field Marshall French with whom he frequently clashed. He was relieved of his command by the latter for suggesting withdrawal from Ypres to a better position. He successfully defended Ypres durung the 2nd battle in 1915. He was a survivor of the massacre of Islandwala, and during his time in Africa, he fought corruption. Despite criticism from Lord French, he acted as pall bearer at the latters funeral. He devoted much energy to ex soldiers welfare and the British Legion.