Frederick Wing, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frederick Wing

British First World War general killed in action

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1860

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1915

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Frederick Wing

  • Major-General Frederick Drummond Vincent Wing, CB (29 November 1860 – 2 October 1915) was a senior officer of the British Army during the First World War and was one of three British divisional commanders killed in action in the space of a week in the aftermath of the Battle of Loos.
  • Wing had served in the army for over thirty years at the time of his death, having been commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1880.
  • He had served with distinction in the Second Boer War and been an aide de camp to Lord Roberts in 1903.

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