 Major @-@ General Thomas David Pilcher , CB ( 8 July 1858 – 14 December 1928 ) was a British Army officer , who commanded a mounted infantry unit in the Second Boer War and the 17th ( Northern ) Division during the First World War , before being removed from command in disgrace during the Battle of the Somme . Pilcher spent his early military career with the 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ( DCLI ) , and served with the regiment in the Second Boer War , where he was wounded in action. Hinweis: Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 24.11.2019 um