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Sir Archibald Rice Cameron of Locheil, (28 August 1870 – 18 June 1944) was a

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General during the 1930s.

Military career

Educated at

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and the

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,The Peerage.com
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as a second lieutenant on 1 March 1890, promoted to

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on 3 August 1892, and to captain on 6 October 1899. He was appointed adjutant in the 2nd battalion in April 1900, and with the battalion took part in the

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between 1899 and 1902, during which he received a

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promotion as major on 29 November 1900 (gazetted in the April 1901 South Africa Honours list). Following the end of this war he left Point Natal for

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on the SS ''Ionian'' in October 1902 with other officers and men of his battalion, which after arrival in Bombay was stationed in

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. He returned to South Africa to become Military Secretary to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1904 to 1907. He served in the

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, initially as a GSO2 with the

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from August 1914 until March 1915, and later GSO1, still with the 5th Division, from March−October 1915. Promoted to brigadier-general, he became Brigadier-General General Staff (BGGS) for

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, holding this position until July 1918 and, after serving briefly as an additional BGGS with the Fourth Army, he was made BGGS with the British Armies in France. In 1922 he became General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District. In 1925 he was appointed Director of Staff Duties at the

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moving on to be General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1927, a post he held until 1931. He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of

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in 1933 and in 1936 also became Governor of Edinburgh Castle; he retired in 1937.

Family

Archibald Cameron never married. His niece Marion Eleanora Cameron married

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, a British businessman.

References

External links

* Archives catalogue fo
Sir Archibald Rice Cameron Collection
The Black Watch Castle & Museum, Perth, Scotland. , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Archibald 1870 births 1944 deaths Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath CMG Black Watch officers Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army generals of World War I British Army generals