1. In September 1882, after attending the Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Haldane was commissioned as a British officer of the Gordon Highlanders.
11 Facts About Aylmer Haldane
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Between 1894 and 1895, Aylmer Haldane was part of the Waziristan Field Force and participated in the Chitral Expedition.
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Aylmer Haldane was dispatched to quell the Afridis rebellion in the Tirah campaign for the next two years, was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order on 20 May 1898, and became aide-de-camp to General Sir William Lockhart, Commander-in-Chief in India, later the same year.
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Aylmer Haldane fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa, where he was taken as a prisoner of war.
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Aylmer Haldane failed to escape at the same time and later complained of Churchill's lack of regard for those who should have escaped with him.
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Aylmer Haldane was appointed a staff captain in the intelligence section at the War Office on 27 June 1901, promoted to major on 23 July 1902, and received the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel on the following day.
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Aylmer Haldane was made a deputy assistant quartermaster general at the War Office in July 1903 and became a military attache with the Imperial Japanese Army from July 1904 to September 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War, and accompanied Japanese forces into Manchuria.
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On 1 October 1909, Aylmer Haldane was made a brigadier general, general staff at Eastern Command and was promoted to temporary brigadier general while employed in this position, taking over from Brigadier General Thomas Snow.
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Aylmer Haldane fought in World War I initially, after being promoted to major general in October 1914, as general officer commanding 3rd Division, then part of the British Expeditionary Force, which he assumed command of on 5 November although this was later rectified to 21 November.
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Aylmer Haldane died in his 88th year on 19 April 1950 at his home in London, his body was buried at Brookwood Cemetery, in Surrey.
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Aylmer Haldane's published writings encompass 6 works in 8 publications in 1 language and 311 library holdings.