Ian Hamilton
✓ Source-basedstableBritish Army general (1853-1947)
United KingdomLived 1853 to 1947 · aged 94General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton was a British Army officer who had an extensive military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on the second too senior.
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Colonel Ian Hamilton, John Singer Sargent, 1898
Western military attachés and war correspondents with the Japanese forces after the Battle of Shaho (1904)
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton (facing front) with Japanese General Kuroki Tamemoto after the Japanese victory in Battle of Shaho (1904).
General Hamilton in a formal pose (1910).
General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, inspecting the Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli, 1915.
From left to right: Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Vice-Admiral John de Robeck, General Sir Ian Hamilton (his disabled left hand clearly visible), Major General Walter Braithwaite, Hamilton’s chief of staff, on board HMS Triad.
Jean, Wife of Colonel Ian Hamilton, John Singer Sargent, 1896Awards 3
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General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton was a British Army officer who had an extensive military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on the second too senior. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Majuba during the First Boer War, which rendered his left hand permanently injured. Near the end of his career, he commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.
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