Hugh Archdale | |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1854 |
Birth Place: | London |
Death Date: | 31 August 1921 |
Death Place: | London |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Rank: | Brigadier-General |
Branch: | British Army |
Commands: | North Midland Division |
Battles: | Second Boer War |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Brigadier-General Hugh James Archdale (15 January 1854 – 31 August 1921) was a British Army officer.
Educated at Cheltenham College, Archdale was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1875.[1] After serving in Sudan, Burma and Crete, Archdale saw action in the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He became commandant of the Imperial Yeomanry Discharge Depot at Aldershot in 1903 and General Officer Commanding the North Midland Division in April 1908 before retiring in January 1911.[2]