Forbes MacBean (British Army officer, born 1857)

Forbes MacBean
Forbes MacBean
	Macbean in 1917
Born	1857
Died	1919 (aged 61–62)
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-general
Commands held	Highland Division
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War; Tirah campaign; Second Boer War;
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order;

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

Military career

Born the son of Colonel Forbes MacBean and educated at Uppingham School, MacBean was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1876.^[1] 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.^[2]

MacBean also served in the Second Boer War in 1899.^[1] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

He was Aide-de-camp to the King Edward VII from 1907 to 1911.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MacBean, Major-General Forbes" . Indian Biographical Dictionary – via Wikisource.
^ "No. 26943". The London Gazette. 1 March 1898. p. 1263.
^ Stirling, John (1903). Our Regiments in South Africa 1899–1902. Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84734-065-8.
^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.

Military offices
New title	GOC Highland Division 1908–1911	Succeeded by Charles Woollcombe

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[ibd-1] "MacBean, Major-General Forbes" . Indian Biographical Dictionary – via Wikisource.

[2] "No. 26943". The London Gazette. 1 March 1898. p. 1263.

[3] Stirling, John (1903). Our Regiments in South Africa 1899–1902. Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84734-065-8.

[commands-4] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.

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Forbes MacBean
Macbean in 1917
Born	1857 (1857)
Died	1919 (aged 61–62)
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-general
Commands held	Highland Division
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Tirah campaign Second Boer War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order