Émile Dossin de Saint-Georges

Émile Dossin

de Saint-Georges
Birth nameÉmile Jean Henri Dossin
Born(1854-06-18)18 June 1854
Liège, Belgium
Died18 January 1936(1936-01-18) (aged 81)
Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Allegiance Belgium
Battles / wars

Émile Dossin de Saint-Georges CBE, born Émile Jean Henri Dossin (18 July 1854 – 18 January 1936), was a Belgian Lieutenant-General and one of the foremost Belgian generals of World War I. Made Baron of Sint-Joris (Saint-Georges in French), a notable barracks at Mechelen (Dossin Barracks) was named in his honour in 1936.

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