Bot: robot: Create/update articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

2022-07-07T19:12:15Z

robot: Create/update articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix =
|name = James Douglas McLachlan
|honorific_suffix = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]
|image = James Douglas McLachlan.jpg
|image_upright =
|alt =
|caption = James Douglas McLachlan, photographed 26 October 1927
|native_name =
|native_name_lang =
|birth_name =
|other_name =
|nickname =
|birth_date = 14 February 1869
|birth_place = [[Semarang]], [[Java]]
|death_date = 7 November 1937
|death_place =
|placeofburial =
|placeofburial_label =
|placeofburial_coordinates = 
|allegiance = [[United Kingdom]]
|branch = [[British Army]]
|branch_label =
|serviceyears = 1891–
|serviceyears_label =
|rank = Temporary: [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] Substantive: [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]]
|rank_label =
|servicenumber =
|unit = [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]]
|commands = 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders [[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Infantry Brigade]]
|known_for =
|battles = '''[[Mahdist War]]''' 
*[[Nile Expedition]]
*[[Battle of Khartoum]]
'''[[First World War]]''' 
|battles_label =
|awards = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] [[Mentioned in dispatches]] x 2 [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] (United States)
|memorials =
|alma_mater =
|spouse =
|children =
|relations =
|laterwork =
|signature =
|signature_size =
|signature_alt =
}}
'''James Douglas McLachlan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|CMG|DSO}} (1869–1937) was the first British wartime [[Military attaché]] to Washington, D.C.

==Military career==
James Douglas McLachlan was born in [[Semarang]], [[Java]], 14 February 1869 and commissioned into the [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] in 1891.<ref>[[London Gazette]], ''Appointments.'' 24 March 1891. Accessed 20 September 2017.</ref> He participated in the [[Nile Expedition]] in 1898 and, subsequently, at the famous [[Battle of Khartoum]]. He married Gwendolen Mab White,<ref>Daughter of Henry Charles White (1837–1905) and his second wife, Mary Helen MacMillan (1857–1931). An elder sister, Ivy Victoria, married George McLachlan in 1909. Daisy White. ''Daisy in Exile: The Diary of an Australian Schoolgirl in France, 1887–1889'', National Library Australia, 2003 [https://books.google.com/books?id=rWEwAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT25&dq=Gwendolin+Mab+White&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjitLr0hLnWAhWsx4MKHc1tClcQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Gwendolin%20Mab%20White&f=false p. 188]. {{isbn| 9780642107640}}</ref> of [[Havilah]], [[New South Wales]] in 1903 at St Margaret Church in London.<ref>Married 23 August 1903 at St. Margaret's Church, London. Queenslander [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20349778 Marriage notices]. Accessed 20 September 2017.</ref>

As lieutenant colonel, McLachlan commanded the 1st Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders in March 1913 and led it to France in the early stages of the [[World War I]] until September 1914, when he was wounded. He then commanded [[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Infantry Brigade]] from October 1915 to March 1916. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (June 1916) and mentioned in dispatches twice (January 1916 and June 1916). He served on the staff as a Brigadier General before being appointed as the first wartime military attaché to the United States;<ref>Nick Metcalfe. [https://ww1sacrifice.com/2015/02/18/the-military-attaches/#1 Mclachlan]. 2015. Accessed 20 September 2017.</ref> he arrived in the United States with his wife and two school girl daughters on 11 September 1917.<ref>Year: 1911; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 1620; Line: 3; Page Number: 2.</ref>

In-post, he was promoted to Major General. He was raised to a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] in 3 June 1918<ref>Edinburgh Gazette, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13271/page/2071/data.pdf Order of the Bath], 11 June 1918, Accessed 20 September 2017.</ref> and a Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in June 1919. Upon relinquishing his post as military attaché, he reverted to his substantive rank of Colonel. He was awarded the United States [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] in July 1919. He died on 7 November 1937.<ref>Peter Hodgkinson, [http://www.ww1infantrycos.co.uk/camerons.html Cameroons]. 2016. Accessed 20 September 2017. Nick Metcalfe. [https://ww1sacrifice.com/2015/02/18/the-military-attaches/#1 Mclachlan]. 2015. Accessed 20 September 2017. David R. Woodward, ''Trial by Friendship.'' University of Kentucky, 2015, p. 234.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:McLachlan, James Douglas}}
[[Category:British military attachés]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
[[Category:1869 births]]
[[Category:1937 deaths]]
[[Category:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Mahdist War]]
[[Category:British Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]
[[Category:Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)]]

James Douglas McLachlan - Revision history

Bot: robot: Create/update articles. If there is a mistake please report on my talk page.