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Auld was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Northumberland Fusiliers]] in 1869.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/AULD.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He was appointed Aide-de-camp to the [[Governor of Malta]] in 1878, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at Headquarters Southern District in 1882 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters Ireland in 1889.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Commander of the Mounted Infantry at [[Aldershot Command]] in 1892, Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters North Western District in 1894 and Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters Southern District in 1897.<ref name=lh/> His next appointments were as Assistant Director General of Ordnance in 1899, Assistant Quartermaster General in 1899 and Deputy Quartermaster General in 1902.<ref name=lh/> Finally he became Director of Supplies and Clothing in 1904, Commander of the Infantry Brigade at [[Gibraltar]] in 1905 and [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]] in 1908 before retiring in 1911.<ref name=lh/> |
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Revision as of 10:30, 29 May 2011
Major General Robert Auld (1848-1911) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Military career
Auld was commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1869.[1] He was appointed Aide-de-camp to the Governor of Malta in 1878, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at Headquarters Southern District in 1882 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters Ireland in 1889.[1] He went on to be Commander of the Mounted Infantry at Aldershot Command in 1892, Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters North Western District in 1894 and Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters Southern District in 1897.[1] His next appointments were as Assistant Director General of Ordnance in 1899, Assistant Quartermaster General in 1899 and Deputy Quartermaster General in 1902.[1] Finally he became Director of Supplies and Clothing in 1904, Commander of the Infantry Brigade at Gibraltar in 1905 and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1908 before retiring in 1911.[1]