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Alister Dallas
Born10 June 1866
Kensington, London
Died2 February 1931
Hambledon, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands32nd Brigade
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the White Eagle, 2nd Class (Serbia)[1]

Major-General Alister Grant Dallas CB, CMG (10 June 1866 – 2 February 1931) was a British Army officer.

Military career

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Born the son of Alexander Grant Dallas, JP, DL and Mabel Alice Brooke,[2] Dallas was commissioned into the 16th The Queen's Lancers as a lieutenant on 23 August 1886.[3]

He was promoted to captain on 7 March 1892, and in 1897 served in the campaign in the North West Frontier of India, first as orderly officer to Major-General Penn Symons, commanding 2nd brigade, Tochi Field Force, and then followed Symons as aide-de-camp when he commanded the 1st division in the Tirah campaign. During the latter, he was present at the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga passes (October 1897), the reconnaisance of the Saran Sar, operations in the Waran an Mastura Valleys and forcing of the Sapri pass (November 1897). For his service in this expedition he was mentioned in despatches and received the India Medal with two clasps.[4]

He served in the Second Boer War, where he was wounded.[5]

After this war, he became commandant of the School of Musketry in South Africa in 1907[2] and then became chief of staff to Major General Henry Rawlinson, commanding IV Corps on the Western Front in October 1914,[6] a few weeks after the start of the First World War.[7] Rawlinson made staff changes in August 1915 and Dallas, promoted to temporary brigadier general in September,[8] became commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade, which he led in the final stages of the Gallipoli campaign.[2] After being evacuated from Gallipoli, Dallas was promoted to the temporary rank of major general in January 1916[9] and became general officer commanding (GOC) of the 53rd (Welsh) Division, at the time serving in Egypt. After having had his major general's rank made substantive in January 1917,[10] he saw action with his division at the First and Second Battles of Gaza, in which his division suffered significant losses, in March and April.[11] He handed over command of his division in April 1917.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 29945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 February 1917. p. 1606.
  2. ^ a b c Who was Who, 1929–1940 ISBN 0-7136-0171-X
  3. ^ "No. 25619". The London Gazette. 24 August 1886. p. 4130.
  4. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
  5. ^ "The War - Casualties". The Times. No. 36102. London. 29 March 1900. p. 8.
  6. ^ "No. 28981". The London Gazette. 20 November 1914. p. 9540.
  7. ^ Atwood, Rodney (2018). General Lord Rawlinson: From Tragedy to Triumph. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 124. ISBN 978-1474246989.
  8. ^ "No. 29336". The London Gazette. 22 October 1915. p. 10388.
  9. ^ "No. 29459". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1916. p. 1326.
  10. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 15.
  11. ^ Anglesey, Lord (1994). A History of the British Cavalry: Volume 5: 1914-1919 Egypt, Palestine and Syria. Pen and Sword. p. 77. ISBN 978-0850523959.
  12. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
1916–1917 		Succeeded by
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