[8] In June 1906, now back in Britain, he was sent to the War Office in London to take over from Brigadier General Henry Merrick Lawson the position of director of movements and quartering and receiving a promotion to substantive colonel.

[11] In September 1911 he was promoted to major general[12] making him, at 43, possibly the youngest of his rank in the British Army at the time.

[3] In his despatch, to the Chief of the General Staff at British Indian Army Headquarters in Simla, on the operations in Mesopotamia from 19 January to 30 April 1916, Lt-Genl Sir Percy Lake, KCB reported the following: "Major-General (temporary Lieut.-General) Sir G. F. Gorringe has rendered valuable service to the State.

"[14]After the war, he commanded the 10th Division in Egypt from 1919 to 1921, rising to the substantive rank of lieutenant general in August 1921.

[3] On 2 March 1901, Gorringe, as a lieutenant-colonel, formed a military court on the farm Riet Valley, near Middelburg, Cape Colony to try, in absentia, Hendrik Jacobus van Heerden.

[17] Following the execution, Gorringe made the following statement: "After the above Court had been held and the column I command were on the march towards Pearston I received by rider Lt Kirby's report.

This report strictly confirmed Van Heerden's guilt and treachery and I caused it necessary to make a summary example on the spot.