Bruce Hamilton (British Army officer)

Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton

Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton
Born (1857-12-07)7 December 1857
Died 6 July 1936(1936-07-06) (aged 78)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank General
Commands held
Battles/wars
Awards

General Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton, GCB, KCVO (7 December 1857 – 6 July 1936) was a British Army General during the Second Boer War and World War I.

Military career

Hamilton was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1877.[1] He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880 and the South African War in 1881.[1] He became Commander of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force in Benin in 1897 and took part in the Second Boer War in 1900.[1] He played a key role in the capture of Naauwpoort.[2] During the latter part of the war he was in command of the military columns operating in Eastern Transvaal,[3] and following the announcement of peace on 31 May 1902, he supervised the surrender of arms in that area.[4] He left Cape Town on board the SS Walmer Castle in late June 1902,[5] and arrived at Southampton the following month. In the South Africa honours list published on 26 June 1902, Hamilton was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).[6]

He became General Officer Commanding 2nd Division within 1st Army Corps in 1904 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Scottish Command in 1909.[1] He led the Army Command Home Defence during World War I.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ↑ South African Military History Society
  3. ↑ "Latest Intelligence - The War". The Times (36754). London. 29 April 1902. p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Latest arrangements - The peace, military arrangements". The Times (36785). London. 4 June 1902. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times (36811). London. 4 July 1902. p. 9.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4191. 26 June 1902.
Military offices
Preceded by
Charles Douglas		 General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division
1904–1907 		Succeeded by
Theodore Stephenson
Preceded by
Sir Edward Leach		 GOC-in-C Scottish Command
1909–1913 		Succeeded by
Sir James Wolfe-Murray


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