Bruce Hamilton (British Army officer)
Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton | |
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 Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton | |
| Born | 7 December 1857 |
| Died | 6 July 1936 (aged 78) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
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General Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton GCB KCVO (7 December 1857 – 6 July 1936) was a British Army General during 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 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
- ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ South African Military History Society
- ^ "Latest Intelligence - The War". The Times. No. 36754. London. 29 April 1902. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Latest arrangements - The peace, military arrangements". The Times. No. 36785. London. 4 June 1902. p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)