Alfred Martin (Indian Army officer)
Sir Alfred Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 March 1853 |
| Died | 27 October 1926 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1874-1912 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | 1st Bn 5th Gurkha Rifles 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division |
| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War Tirah campaign |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Robert Martin KCB (30 March 1853[1] – 27 October 1926[2]) was a British officer in the Indian Army.
Military career
[edit]Martin joined the 13th Regiment of Foot as a lieutenant on 2 December 1874.[3] He transferred to Bengal Staff Corps in 1877 and took part in the Jowahi-Afreedees expedition in 1877 and fought at the Battle of Kandahar in September 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.[3] Promoted to captain on 2 December 1885, he was commanding officer of 1st Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles for the Miranzai expedition in 1891, received the brevet rank of major on 1 September 1891, and became Assistant Adjutant General, Punjab in 1892.[3] He then took part in various expeditions on the North West Frontier of India in the 1890s,[3] received the substantive rank of major on 2 December 1894, and the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel on 28 August 1895.[4] He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General for the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and then became Deputy Adjutant General, India in 1899, with the rank of colonel.[3] Promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 December 1900, he was in March 1902 appointed Deputy Adjutant General, Bengal, with the temporary rank of brigadier-general.[5] He went on to be a Brigade Commander in India in 1904, Adjutant-General, India in 1906 and General Officer Commanding 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division in 1908 before retiring in September 1912.[6]
He was Colonel of the 5th Gurkha Rifles from 28 June 1921 up to his death.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ January 1924 Indian Army List supplement
- ^ Officer Casualties of the Indian Army 1803-1946 by A. J. Farrington
- ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Hart's Army list, 1903
- ^ "No. 27456". The London Gazette. 22 July 1902. p. 4673.
- ^ "No. 28654". The London Gazette. 18 October 1912. p. 7690.
- ^ Indian Army List April 1923
- 1853 births
- 1926 deaths
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- British Indian Army generals
- Bengal Staff Corps officers
- Somerset Light Infantry officers
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- British military personnel of the Tirah campaign
- 19th-century British military personnel