Capt Henry Stamford Lewis ALFORD F.R.G.S.

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Lt Col Henry Stamford Lewis Alford, FGS FRGS FZS, son of Lewis Alford and Florence Stamford, daughter of Colonel Henry Stamford, Bombay Horse Artillery. He was born in London, and educated at Harrow and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He travelled in Africa as a young man in 1896, hunting big game and serving in Sudan under Lord Kitchener, where he was made Lieutenant in the Transport Staff in 1896, then joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers to serve in the Boer War, 1899-1901. He travelled extensively throughout the Far East, Canada, USA and Europe, playing a part in the Mexican Revolution in 1910. He raised and commanded the 11th battalion Gordon Highlanders in the First World War, retiring as Lt Colonel in 1920. During the Second World War he was involved with Civil Defence and Air Raid Precautions for St Andrews.
He was awarded numerous medals and honours during his career, and served as a member of the Royal Company of Archers [the Queen's Bodyguard in Scotland]. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Royal Zoological Society.
He wrote "The Egyptian Soudan: it's loss and recovery" (1898) and published "The 11th Battalion Gordon Highlanders" in 1916, on it's history since it's formation in 1914. He was working on an unpublished memoir at his death.