Lieut Gen Sir Alfred Robert MARTIN KCB [12705]

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The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915) by C. Hayavadana Rao
Martin, Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Robert , C.B. (1902), K.C.B. (1910); b. 1853; e.s. of late Colonel D. W. Martin; educ: at Harrow; entered the Army, 1874; transferred to the Indian Army, 1877; became Colonel, 1899; served against the Jowaki Afridis, 1877; in the Afghan War, 1878-80, Hazra Expedition, 1888; Miranzai Expedition in command of 5th Ghurka; Brevet-Major in Waziristan, 1894-95; Tirah, 1897-98; Assistant Military Secretary for Indian affairs at the Horse Guards; D.A.G., Bengal, with rank of Brigr-General; in command of Bareilly Brigade, 1904-06; A.G., India, 1906-08; Commandant, Northern Army, 1908. Address: Rawalpindi, Punjab, India. Club: United Service.

Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Robert Martin KCB (30 March 1853 - 27 October 1926) was a British officer in the Indian Army.
Martin joined the 13th Regiment of Foot as a lieutenant on 2 December 1874. He transferred to Bengal Staff Corps in 1877 and took part in the Jowahi-Afreedees expedition in 1877 and fought at the Battle of Kandahar in September 1880 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Promoted to captain on 2 December 1885, he was commanding officer of 1st Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles for the Miranzai expedition in 1891, received the brevet rank of major on 1 September 1891, and became Assistant Adjutant General, Punjab in 1892. He then took part in various expeditions on the North West Frontier of India in the 1890s, received the substantive rank of major on 2 December 1894, and the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel on 28 August 1895. He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General for the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and then became Deputy Adjutant General, India in 1899, with the rank of colonel. Promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 December 1900, he was in March 1902 appointed Deputy Adjutant General, Bengal, with the temporary rank of brigadier-general. He went on to be a Brigade Commander in India in 1904, Adjutant-General, India in 1906 and General Officer Commanding 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division in 1908 before retiring in September 1912.
He was Colonel of the 5th Gurkha Rifles from 28 June 1921 up to his death.
Ref: Wikipedia

Martin KCB Sir Alfred Robert of St Peter's Farrington near Alton Hampshire died 27 October 1926 Probate London 22 December 1926 to Bessie Charlotte St George de Renzy Martin widow. Effects £8395 15s 10d
National Probate Calendar.

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Alternative birth date 20 Mar 1853.

  Other Records

1. Sir Alfred Robert Martin KCB: Lifetime images.
Images by Walter Stoneman courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery London.

Alfred married Bessie Charlotte St George DE RENZY [13990] [MRIN: 2970], daughter of Surg Gen Sir Annesley Charles Castriot DE RENZY KCB [14011] and Mary Jane WHITTY [14890], on 9 May 1882 in Abbottabad India. (Bessie Charlotte St George DE RENZY [13990] was born in 1863 and died on 24 May 1929 in Alton HAM.)