James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane

Story:
James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane was born in Gleneagles, Scotland, on 17 November 1862 the son of Dr. Daniel Rutherford Haldane and Charlotte Elizabeth Haldane (nee Lowthorpe). He had attended military college and was commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders on 8 April, 1892. He served in various countries in the world and by the 1st World War had, for a short time, become involved with the parish life in St.James, Shaftesbury, Dorset, as he is mentioned in the serving soldiers list provided by the church. He served in France & Flanders as well as latterly in Mesopotamia until his retirement in 1923 with the rank of Brigadier-General. He then settled in Paddington, London, where he died on 19 April 1950 and was interred in Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey. (The fuller story and his awards is available on line).