Alfred Astley Pearson

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General Sir Alfred Astley Pearson
Gen Sir Alfred Pearson Colonel of 1-10 Baluch 1.jpg
Born5 June 1850 [1]
Calcutta, British India
Died26 November 1937(1937-11-26) (aged 87) [2]
Middlesex, England
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Service / branchEnsign of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.svg  British Indian Army
Rank General
Commands24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry 1894–1902
4th (Quetta) Division 1905-6
3rd (Lahore) Division 1908–12
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar

General Sir Alfred Astley Pearson KCB (5 June 1850 – 26 November 1937) was a British Indian Army officer.

Military career

Pearson was commissioned a second lieutenant on 8 February 1870, promoted to lieutenant on 28 October 1871, to captain on 8 February 1882, and to major on 1 July 1887. [3] He commanded the 24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (later 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry) and 1st Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment (later 6th Battalion The Baloch Regiment) from 1894 to 1902. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 8 February 1896, he led his battalion that year to British East Africa to suppress a rebellion in areas now forming Kenya. [4] He received the brevet rank of colonel on 8 February 1900, [5] and was appointed as temporary assistant adjutant-general (probably in Poona, in the Bombay Command) on 7 July 1900. [6] In 1902 he officiated as Colonel on the Staff in Cawnpore. [3]

24th (Baluchistan) (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A Pearson (centre) commanding. Quetta, 1896. 24th Baluchistan Infantry, 1896 Colonel Alfred Pearson commanding.jpg
24th (Baluchistan) (Duchess of Connaught's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A Pearson (centre) commanding. Quetta, 1896.

In 1904, he officiated as the Adjutant General of Indian Army. He commanded the 4th (Quetta) Division in 1905–6; was Inspector-General of Volunteers in India, 1906–8; and in command of the 3rd (Lahore) Division, Northern Army, 1908–12. [7] He was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1911 Coronation Honours. [8] Sir Alfred was the Colonel of 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry. [4]

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References

  1. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2470.
  2. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. xx.
  3. 1 2 Hart′s Army list, 1903
  4. 1 2 Chaldecott, Lt Col OA. (1935). The First Battalion (DCO) and the Tenth Battalion, the Tenth Baluch Regiment. Aldershot: Gale & Polden. pp. 14–7 & 186.
  5. "No. 27179". The London Gazette . 3 April 1900. p. 2199.
  6. "No. 27469". The London Gazette . 29 August 1902. p. 5610.
  7. Walford, Edward (1919). Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, vol 59. p. 282.
  8. The Edinburgh Gazette, 23 June 1911. p. 627. Retrieved 7 November 2010.