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| He was born in the Island of Korfu in Greece as a son of a soldier
father. As his father had been designated to the Indian Corps the family had moved to
India. But Ian Hamilton spent most of his childhood in Argyllshire. After he finished
Cheam and Wellington he decided to be a soldier and entered the Military School in 1870.
After he completed his education he joined to the Army and went to India (1872-1879),
South Africa (1881), and Egypt (1884-1885). He was raised to Lieutenant-General rank after
his successes in the Southern Africa War. As he returned to Britain he was appointed as Lord Kithchener’s Chief Staff and later to Commander of Palace Guardians. In 1904, he was sent to Japan as an observer of the war. Later, he published his memories. In 1910, he was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Armies. In 1915, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Canakkale French and British forces. On 13th March he left London to land Anatolia with the infantry corps. When he arrived Mondros on 16th March his forces had been emerged by 75.056 soldiers (17.000 of them were French), 140 cannons (132 of them were French) and 8 air plains. The ally navy under the command of Hamilton tired to pass the Canakkale Strait but they were defeated by the Turkish navy and later it was decided to land on Gallipoli Peninsula but this attack was failed, as well. After this withdrawal Hamilton was called back to Britain and dismissed. He died in London, in 1947. |
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