Years of service 1904 - 1942 Died 1954 Rank Major general Battles and wars World War I, World War II | Name Alexander Telfer-Smollett Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held Highland Light Infantry Battles/wars World War I
World War II Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross | ||
Major-General Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer-Smollett CB CBE DSO MC DL (12 August 1884 – 1954) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Military career
Telfer-Smollett was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1904. After serving in World War I and ultimately leading his regiment to victory at the Battle of Cambrai in 1918, he was appointed Commanding Officer of the British Troops in Shanghai in 1936. He intervened in the Defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War and facilitated the Chinese withdrawal. He went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1939 and to serve as a District Commander in the UK during World War II from 1940 until his retirement in 1942.
He lived at Cameron House near Luss in Scotland and in retirement he became Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. He was also Colonel of the Highland Light Infantry.