Brigadier Eric Edward "Chink" Dorman-Smith (24 July 1895 – 11 May 1969), who later changed his name to Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan, was an Irish officer whose career in the British Army began in the First World War and closed at the end of the Second World War.

Wearing a jaunty pith helmet, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill surveys the surrounding area during a visit to Eighth Army troops in Egypt on August 7, 1942. Major General Eric Dorman-Smith was relieved of his duties during the stressful discussions that took place.

2017年9月10日 · Eric Dorman-Smith, as he was known before he changed his name to its pre-anglicised origin, was born in Bellamont House in Cootehill. At first glance, he was the stereotypical Anglo-Irish...

2017年9月8日 · Educated to be a soldier in the Empire's army Eric Dorman-Smith would turn his back on Britain, but not before changing the course of World War II. Despite animosity between The Brigadier and superiors, like Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, the Cavan man forged a plan that ensured the first allied victory at El Alamein.

British army general. Born at Bellamont Forest,Cootehill, in Ireland on 24 July 1895, Eric Dorman-Smith joined the British army with a cadetship at the Royal Military Collage, Sandhurst. He graduated at the beginning of 1914 as a lieutenant in the …

Eric Edward ("Chink") Dorman-Smith (24 July 1895 – 11 May 1969), later de-Anglicised to Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan, was a British Army soldier whose career began with distinguished service in the First World War.

2019年11月1日 · If you’ve ever read about the British experience in the Deserts of North Africa during WWII, one name usually gets a mention somewhere in the narrative, that of Eric Dorman-Smith, often refered to as ‘chink’.

Eric Dorman-Smith was born in 1895. He joined the British Army and was stationed in India on the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1940 he became commandant of the Middle East Staff College where he gave military advice to General Archibald Wavell …

Brigadier Eric Edward "Chink" Dorman-Smith (24 July 1895 – 11 May 1969), who later changed his name to Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan, was an Irish officer whose career in the British Army began in the First World War and closed at the end of the Second World War.

2017年9月12日 · Eric Dorman O'Gowan (1895-1969) - or Eric Dorman-Smith as he was known before he changed his name to its pre-Anglicised origin - had a foot in many different worlds. I took it upon myself to...