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MCHARDY, ALEXANDER ANDERSON, only son of Lieut. -Col. Sir Alexander Burness McHardy KCB, Royal Engineers, chairman Prison Commission for Scotland, and Elsie Norie, only dau. of Sir John Anderson LLD, The Mount, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex; b. 9 Nov 1868; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (G); left Dec 1885; RMA Woolwich 1886; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 17 Feb 1888; Lieut., 17 Feb 1891; Capt., 17 Aug 1898; Maj., 9 Jun 1908; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 3 Jun 1915; Lieut. -Col., 9 Dec 1915; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1917; Col., 10 Aug 1920; Maj. -Gen., 2 Jun 1924; DAQMG Dec 1914 – Jun 1915; AA and QMG Jun 1915 – Aug 1916; Maj. -Gen. in charge of administration in Turkey 1922-3; Director of Movements and Quarterings, War Office 1 May 1923; served on North-West Frontier, India 1897-8 and in South Africa 1899-1902, despatches LG 8 Feb 1901, 29 Jul 1902; served in East Africa 1902-3, despatches LG 2 Sep 1904; served in First World War 1914-9, despatches LG 22 Jun 1915, 15 Jun 1916, 4 Jan, 15 May and 11 Dec 1917; DSO 29 Nov 1900; CMG 3 Jun 1916; CB 1 Jan 1918; Croix de Guerre avec Palmes (France); Officier de l’Ordre de Leopold (Belgium); m. 21 Jun 1904 Lilian Amy Byde, younger dau. of Capt. Coghlan McLean McHardy, Grenville Place, South Kensington, Director of Naval Stores; d. 11 Nov 1958.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.