Lieutenant General Sir William Babtie, VC, KCB, KCMG (7 May 1859 – 11 September 1920) was a British Army officer, a physician and a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth armed forces.

The full citation was published in the London Gazette on 20 April 1900 and reads:[2] At Colenso, on the 10th December, 1899, the wounded of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, were lying in an advanced donga close in the rear of the guns without any Medical Officer to attend to them, and when a message was sent back asking for assistance, Major W. Babtie, R A.M.C., rode up under a heavy rifle fire, his pony being hit three times.

Later on in the day, Major Babtie went out with Captain Congreve to bring in Lieutenant Roberts, who was lying wounded on the veldt.

[3] Babtie was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 29 November 1900,[4] and was in early January 1901 appointed for temporary duties in the Home District as he returned to the United Kingdom.

[18] However, he was severely criticised by the Mesopotamia Commission of Inquiry[19] and received further criticism for similar failings at Gallipoli.