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Hamilton (SIR IAN STANDISH MONTEITH)

SIR IAN STANDISH MONTEITH, an English soldier, born in Corfu, in 1853. He was educated at Wellington and entered the army in 1873. He saw active service in the Afghan War in 1878 to 1880, and in the Boer War of 1881. He took part in the Nile expedition of 1884-1885, and in the Burmese expedition of 1886-1887. He was promoted to be colonel in 1891, and general in 1899, when he fought before Ladysmith. In 1901 he was appointed chief of staff to General Kitchener. From 1910 to 1915 he was chief in command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and had general charge of the land operations at the G the Gallipoli peninsula. The failure of his enterprise resulted in severe criticism against his plan of campaign. He defended himself in an elaborate report, made public in 1918.