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by service in Waziristan and Chitral. He was A.D.C. to the
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in 1899 and then Deputy
Assistant Adjutant-General in the China Expedition of 1900-1. He
was on the Thibetan mission of 1903-4 and continued on the North
West Frontier until 1908. By this time he was regarded as one of the
greatest specialists in mountain warfare. In 1908 he was appointed
A.D.C. to the King and also Chief Instructor in Musketry to the
Indian Army. In 1912 he became Assistant Quarter-Master General
in India and continued in this post until the outbreak of war when
he was sent to East Africa. He commanded a Division in the
defence of Uganda against German attacks from Tanganyika,
conducting vigorous raids across Lake Victoria. He took over in
Aden when Price’s health collapsed and remained there for the rest
of the war. He was knighted in 1919 and posted to command troops
in Somaliland campaigning against the ‘Mad Mullah’. He then
retired and in 1923 served as Chief Commissioner for the British
Red Cross in Greece and the Near East. He died in July 1943.
1920 to 1925 (February)
SCOTT, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Edward
Born in 1867, he was the son of a Dublin clergyman. He joined the
Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1888 and transferred to the Indian Staff
Corps in 1890. He served on the North West Frontier until 1895
when he was posted to East Africa as second in command of the
Indian contingent. He remained there until 1899 when he helped to
enthrone the Sultan of Zanzibar. In 1900 he took part in the relief
of the Pekin Legations. In 1902 he escorted the Imperial Japanese
representatives to the Coronation of Edward VII. From 1902 until
1908 he worked in Military Intelligence in Simla until his appoint­
ment as Assistant Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence
in London. He returned to the North West Frontier in 1912 and
remained there until 1914 when he became Military Secretary to the
Commander-in-Chief in India. Apart from a short break in East
Africa he held this post until 1919 when he was posted as General
commanding at Bangalore. A year later he went to Aden where his
period of Residency was dominated by the Zaydi incursions into the
Protectorate. He was knighted and retired in 1925. Subsequently he
ran the National Police Fund which had been set up to show appre­
ciation for the loyalty of the Police during the General Strike of
1926. He died in April 1937.
1925 (March) to 1928 (April)
STEWART, Major-General Sir (John Henry) Keith
Born in 1872, he was the son of a General. After education at
Repton and Sandhurst, he joined the Army in 1892, transferring to