General

General (United Kingdom)

General is currently the highest peace-time rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. It is subordinate to the Army rank of Field Marshal, has a NATO-code of OF-9, and is a four-star rank....

 Sir Alfred Astley Pearson, KCB

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...

 (1850–1923) was a British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

 officer. He commanded the 24th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (later 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry

124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry

The 124th Baluchistan Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1820 as the 2nd Battalion 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. It was designated as the 124th Baluchistan Infantry in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922...

 and 1st Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment

10th Baluch Regiment

The 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After the Partition of India, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments...

; now 6th Battalion The Baloch Regiment

Baloch Regiment

The Baloch Regiment is an infantry regiment of Pakistan Army. The modern regiment was formed in May 1956 by the merger of 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments with the Baluch Regiment. Since then, further raisings have brought the strength of the Regiment to more than fifty battalions...

) from 1894–1902. In 1896, he led his battalion to British East Africa to suppress a rebellion in areas now forming Kenya

Kenya

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. In 1904, he officiated as the Adjutant General of Indian Army

Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

. He commanded the 4th (Quetta) Division

4th (Quetta) Division

The 4th Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army. It was formed by General Kitchener while he was Commander-in-chief of India. During World War I the division remained in India...

 in 1905-6; was Inspector-General of Volunteers in India, 1906-8; and in command of the 3rd (Lahore) Division

3rd (Lahore) Division

The 3rd Division was an infantry division of the British Indian Army, first organised in 1852. It saw service during World War I as part of the Indian Corps in France before being moved to the Middle East where it fought against troops of the Ottoman Empire.-Pre-Mutiny:The Lahore Division first...

, Northern Army, 1908–12. He was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1911 Coronation Honours

1911 Coronation Honours

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. Sir Alfred was the Colonel of 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry.