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Brigadier-General Gilbert Burrell Spencer Follett, DSO, MVO (July 1878 – 27 September 1918) was a British Army officer. Promoted in March 1918 to brigadier general, he was killed in action in Dernancourt, France, while in command of the 3rd Guards Brigade.
He is buried in Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery.
Family
Follett was married to Lady Mildred Murray, youngest daughter of Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore. They had two children. His son married Cathleen Mann. His grandson through his daughter is Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux.
References
- "No. 13038". The Edinburgh Gazette. 12 January 1917. p. 117.
- "No. 30653". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 April 1918. p. 5044.
Bibliography
- Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, p. 61.
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Categories:- British Army brigadiers
- 1918 deaths
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Coldstream Guards officers
- People educated at Eton College
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Members of the Royal Victorian Order
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
- British Army generals of World War I