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Major General Andrew Jameson McCulloch

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Major General Andrew Jameson McCulloch

Birth
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Death
19 Apr 1960 (aged 80)
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Burial
Anwoth, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland GPS-Latitude: 54.8805522, Longitude: -4.2104244
Plot
Hills Burial Plot.
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Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Distinguished Service Order. The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. The Distinguished Conduct Medal, post-nominal letters DCM, was established in 1854 by Queen Victoria as a decoration for gallantry in the field by other ranks of the British Army. It is the oldest British award for gallantry and was a second level military decoration, ranking below the Victoria Cross.

highland light infantryBorn the son of Lord Ardwall and Christian Brown, as "Andrew Jameson", he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, the University of St Andrews and New College, Oxford. He adopted the surname McCulloch for inheritance purposes in 1892. After studying at the Inner Temple and qualifying as an advocate, he was admitted to the Scottish bar in September 1897. He enlisted as a private soldier in the City of London Imperial Volunteers and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry in August 1900.

He saw action in the Second Boer War and he then commanded the 9th Battalion, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from October 1917 and then the 64th Infantry Brigade from July 1917 during the First World War. After the war he became commander of 62nd Infantry Brigade in 1919, commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot in 1926 and Commandant of the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in 1930. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in 1934, temporary commander of the Troops in Malta in 1935 and then General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division again from 1936 until he retired in 1938.
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Distinguished Service Order. The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. The Distinguished Conduct Medal, post-nominal letters DCM, was established in 1854 by Queen Victoria as a decoration for gallantry in the field by other ranks of the British Army. It is the oldest British award for gallantry and was a second level military decoration, ranking below the Victoria Cross.

highland light infantryBorn the son of Lord Ardwall and Christian Brown, as "Andrew Jameson", he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, the University of St Andrews and New College, Oxford. He adopted the surname McCulloch for inheritance purposes in 1892. After studying at the Inner Temple and qualifying as an advocate, he was admitted to the Scottish bar in September 1897. He enlisted as a private soldier in the City of London Imperial Volunteers and then transferred to the Highland Light Infantry in August 1900.

He saw action in the Second Boer War and he then commanded the 9th Battalion, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from October 1917 and then the 64th Infantry Brigade from July 1917 during the First World War. After the war he became commander of 62nd Infantry Brigade in 1919, commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot in 1926 and Commandant of the Senior Officers' School at Sheerness in 1930. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in 1934, temporary commander of the Troops in Malta in 1935 and then General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division again from 1936 until he retired in 1938.

Inscription

In Memory of
Major General
Sir Andrew Jameson McCulloch,
K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., D.C.M., D.L.,
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of Ardwall and Hills.
Colonel of the Highland Light Infantry.
Commander of the 64th Infantry Brigade
during the first German War 1914 – 1918.
Born 14th July 1876. Died 19th April 1960.



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