About William Henry Mackinnon
Lived 1852 – 1929 (aged 76). William Henry Mackinnon was a British military personnel.
General Sir William Henry Mackinnon, (15 December 1852 – 17 March 1929) was a British Army General during World War I.
Military career Henry Mackinnon was born in London on 15 December 1852. Educated at Rose Hill School and then Harrow School, he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1870. He was appointed Military Secretary to Governor of Malta in 1884 and then Private Secretary to the Governor of Madras in India in 1885–1887. He then became Assistant Adjutant General at Home District in 1893. and served as such until it was disbanded.
He was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) on 11 August 1902.
He was later appointed Director of Auxiliary Forces in 1905 and, after being promoted to lieutenant general in October 1907, director general of the Territorial Forces in January 1908. He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Western Command in 1910; he retired in 1916.
He lived at Carlisle Place in London.
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