Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cameron, Aylmer

2900912Dictionary of Indian Biography — Cameron, AylmerCharles Edward Buckland

CAMERON, AYLMER (1833–)

Son of Lt-Colonel W. G. Cameron, Grenadier Guards : served in the Seaforth Highlanders (72nd), in the Crimea, and in the Indian mutiny : severely wounded at the storming of Kotah, where he gained his V.C. : commanded the King's Own Borderers, 1881–1883 : Chief of the Intelligence Department, 1883–6 : Commandant of Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1886–8 : General.