Forbes MacBean
British Army officer
About Forbes MacBean
Major-General Forbes MacBean (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. 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.
MacBean also served in the Second Boer War in 1899.
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.
He was Aide-de-camp to the King Edward VII from 1907 to 1911.
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