S.O., and being
twice mentioned in dispatches. He was brigade-major to the
Inspector-General of Cavalry in India in 1903-5.
He served in France on the staff of the Indian Cavalry divisions
from 1914 till 1917, when he was promoted major-general and
received command of the 5th Cavalry Division. His services in
France secured four mentions in dispatches and the K.C.B. He
proceeded to Palestine with the Indian Cavalry Corps, and served
under General Allenby in his successful advance from the Egyptian
border to Aleppo. The division under his command was prominent in
these operations, and the general was mentioned by Sir Edmund
Allenby in dispatches for his excellent services.
General Macandrew was well known as a rider across country and on
flat. He earned the reputation of being one of the best and most
dashing of our cavalry leaders in the war, and his untimely death
is a severe loss to the Indian Army. He married, in 1892, the
youngest daughter of Mr. H.R. Cooper, J.P., of Ballindalloch,
Stirlingshire, and leaves a young daughter.
From "The Times," July 24th 1919.
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GENERAL MACANDREW.
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