Frederick Stopford
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Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Stopford (2 February 1854 - 4 May 1929) was a younger son of James Stopford, 4th Earl of Courtown. Stopford, a British general, is blamed for the failure of the Suvla Bay Landing in August 1915 during the Battle of Gallipoli; however, responsibility ultimately lay with Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener, who had appointed the elderly and inexperienced general to an active corps command, and with Sir Ian Hamilton, who had accepted Stopford's appointment. Stopford had chosen to command the landing from the sloop HMS Jonquil, anchored offshore, but slept as the landing was in progress.
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| Preceded by Henry Loftus |
Page of Honour 1866–1870 |
Succeeded by Arthur Hardinge |
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