Brigadier-General Hugh James Archdale CB, CMG (15 January 1854 – 31 August 1921) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Cheltenham College, Archdale was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1875.[1] After serving in Sudan, Burma and Crete, Archdale saw action in the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[2] He became commandant of the Imperial Yeomanry Discharge Depot at Aldershot in 1903 and General Officer Commanding the North Midland Division in April 1908 before retiring in January 1911.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Thom's Irish Who's Who". Alexander Thom. 1923.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette. 24 June 1902. p. 4192.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 28457". The London Gazette. 17 January 1911. p. 415.