Hugh Montgomerie

Sir Hugh Alexander Montgomerie DSO, KCMG is a tall, distinguished-looking man. His voice is crisp and clear, with a hint of a Scottish brogue, and it leaves no doubt that this is a man who is used to giving commands and having those commands obeyed. He carries himself in an upright, miltiary posture, but his gait has a distinct limp in his left leg.
He is recently retired from the British Army after forty years of service, almost entirely with the Black Watch.
He served with the 1st Black Watch Battalion for the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882 and the Mahdist War in Sudan from 1884-85. When the Second Boer War commenced in 1889, he was transferred to 2nd Black Watch Battalion as a company commander. It was in this role that he was wounded at the Battle of Magersfontein, 11 December 1889. and was awarded the DSO for repeatedly rallying his company in the face of overwhelming fire.
Remaining with the 2nd Black Watch, he returned to India where the unit was stationed until 1914, when it was sent to France. Still serving as a company commander, he was awarded a second DSO at Battle of Festubert for his actions in leading the second attack on 20 May 1915. The battalion was then sent to Mesopotamia, where at the battle of Sheikh Sa'ad he was second in command. When the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Waughope, was killed, Montgomerie took command and earned yet another DSO for continuing to lead despite receiving a serious injury to his left hip. He recovered in time for the Battle of Sannaiyat and the capture of Baghdad. The battallion, with Montgomerie in command, then transferred to the Palestine front and took part in the final offensive bringing the war with the Ottoman Empire to a close.
After the war, he returned to India and had requested retirement, but was called to Baghdad and promoted to Brigadier General and seconded to Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force under Lieut.-General Sir Aylmer Haldane as an expert on the region during the Iraqi Revolt of 1920. He held this position for two years, finally retiring in 1922, when he was appointed a Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in honor of his long service to the country.
Eldest brother was George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, nephew is Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton.