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General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Sir Ian Hamilton was a British general, commander in chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the unsuccessful campaign against Turkey in the Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I. Hamilton joined the army in 1872, transferring to the 92nd Highlanders and serving with them in the Second.
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Feb 25, 2023 · Ian Hamilton, the famed British Army officer, passed away on 12 October 1947, at the age of 94, at his residence in London's Hyde Park Gardens. The man who had once led British troops on the battlefields of Gallipoli and Egypt was now at rest.
Nov 21, 2015 · Eight years ago, Ian Hamilton became Jan Hamilton and made headlines around the world as a champion for transgender equality. After a lengthy legal battle, she was forced to leave the...
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General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB GCMG DSO TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior officer in the British Army, who is most notable for commanding the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Gallipoli Campaign.
Jan 16, 2020 · He was a Scottish British Army General who saw action in the 1st Anglo-Boer War, the South African War of 1899-1902, and commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War.
Dec 1, 2000 · A biography of Ian Hamilton, chiefly famous for the devastating failure of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. In this riveting new biography, John Lee shows that this distinguished soldier in fact had a far more successful and influential military career than history has so far related.
