Andrew Hamilton Russell

Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell KCB, KCMG was a general from New Zealand during the First World War, who rose swiftly to high command during the Gallipoli campaign in 19151916 and to prominence as the commander of the New Zealand Division on the Western Front in 1917 and 1918.

Andrew Hamilton Russell, known as Guy to his family, was born onFebruary 1868 at Napier, New Zealand, the oldest son of a farmer and his wife. The Russell family had a long military history dating back to the Napoleonic Wars Guys greatgrandfather served in the Black Watch Regiment and his grandfather, also named Andrew Hamilton Russell, fought in the New Zealand Wars of the 1840s with the 58th Regiment. After retiring from the British Army, Guys grandfather took up farming in the Hawkes Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand. His sons followed in his footsteps, and Guys father, another Andrew Hamilton Russell, also served in the 58th Regiment and ran an isolated sheep station with his brother in the Hawkes Bay.

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