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General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Feb 25, 2023 · Sir Ian Hamilton was a British Army general who had a military career spanning the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Despite being recommended for the Victoria Cross twice, he was considered too young on the first occasion and too senior on the second.
Sir Ian Hamilton was a British general, commander in chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the unsuccessful campaign against Turkey in the Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I. Hamilton joined the army in 1872, transferring to the 92nd Highlanders and serving with them in the Second.
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Abigail "Abi" Austen, (born Ian Hamilton; 8 December 1964) is a Northern Irish-born Scottish journalist and former British Army officer. She is the first officer in the British Army to begin gender reassignment while in the Army.
Born in 1853; educated at Cheam, Wellington College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into 12th (East Suffolk) Foot, 1872; served in Ireland, 1872-1873; transferred to 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt, 1873; regimental service in India, Afghanistan and South Africa, 1873-1881, including active service in Second Afghan War, 1878 ...
Eight years ago Ian Hamilton became Jan Hamilton - making headlines around the world as the first officer in the British army to transition from a man to a woman. Jan said at the time:...
Nov 14, 2015 · Abigail’s journey to wedded bliss has been anything but ordinary. Only eight years ago she was Captain Ian Hamilton, a strapping, muscle-bound Scottish paratrooper fighting on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today she is Abi, the first officer in the British Army to undergo gender transition surgery.
