Alexander Telfer-Smollett

Major-General Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer-Smollett CB CBE DSO MC DL (12 August 1884 – 1954) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Alexander Telfer-Smollett
Born12 August 1884
Died1954
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1904 - 1942
RankMajor-General
Commands heldHighland Light Infantry
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Military career

Telfer-Smollett was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1904.[1] After serving in World War I and ultimately leading his regiment to victory at the Battle of Cambrai in 1918,[2] he was appointed Commanding Officer of the British Troops in Shanghai in 1936.[3] He intervened in the Defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War and facilitated the Chinese withdrawal.[4] He went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1939 and to serve as a District Commander in the UK during World War II from 1940 until his retirement in 1942.[3]

He lived at Cameron House near Luss in Scotland[5] and in retirement he became Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.[6] He was also Colonel of the Highland Light Infantry.[7]

References
  1. "No. 27665". The London Gazette. 8 April 1904. p. 2245.
  2. "Proud Heritage". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. Generals.dk
  4. Zhang, Boting. "Recollections of the 8/13 Battle of Shanghai". Zhuan Ji Wen Xue. Taipei: Academia Sinica, 1965, vol. 41.
  5. Cameron House
  6. Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-
  7. Highland Light Infantry
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Edward Broadbent		 Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1939–1940		 Succeeded by
John Minshull-Ford
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