Name
Alexander Beamish Hamilton (CB)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/12/1918
58
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Brigadier General
General Staff
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AFFPUDDLE (ST. LAURENCE) CHURCHYARD
West of church
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Haileybury College memorials
Pre War
Born on 22 Dec 1860 son of Lt. Col. Samuel Beamish and Marianne Hamilton.
Educated at the United Services College 1874-76 and King’s College, London (Engineering). Formerly King's Own Scottish Borderers. Took part in the Chin-Lushai expedition 1889-90 and in the Sudanese campaign 1896-98. Served as Controller of Embarkation, Southampton, in the Dardanelles and at Salonika and on Special Service in the Mediterranean, at home and in Canada. Received a flying certificate on 30 Jun 1913 at Larkhill, Salisbury Plain.
Wartime Service
Died in Moffat House nursing home in Weymouth.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour, Jonty Wild
