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Gilbert Burrell Spencer Follett, DSO, MVO (July 1878 – 27 September 1918) was a

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

officer. He was killed in action in

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, 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 Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore Volunteer Decoration, VD (24 March 1841 – 27 August 1907), styled Viscount Fincastle from birth until 1845, was a Peerage of Scotland, Scottish peer, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, ...

. They had two children. His son married

Cathleen Mann Cathleen Sabine Mann Royal Society of Portrait Painters, RP Royal Institute of Oil Painters, ROI (31 December 1896 – 9 September 1959), styled the Marchioness of Queensberry from 1926 to 1946, was a British portrait painter and costume design ...

. His grandson through his daughter is Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux.

References

* 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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* {{CWGC, id=267184 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 military personnel of the Second Boer War Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)