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	MyClan.com : Clan Hunter : Clan History
		Jane Hunter Weston died in 1911 to be succeeded by her son, Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Hunter- Weston, a distinguished soldier.
		Aylmer le Hunter of the county of Ayr signed the Ragman Roll in 1296 as one of the nobles of Scotland submitting to Edward I of England.
		By tradition, an ancestor of the Hunters was with Rollo, the Viking, at the sack of Paris in 896, and was later appointed one of the huntsmen to Rollo’s descendants, the Dukes of Normandy.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Hunter_54/default.php (988 words)

	Aylmer, Quebec - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Aylmer, Quebec
		Aylmer is a city in western Quebec, Canada on the Ottawa River.
		Aylmer's population is about 50% anglophone and 50% francophone; much of its workforce commutes across the river to Ottawa.
		In the recent election dealing with separation from Gatineau, Aylmer actually voted to separate, but since there were not enough votes actually cast, it remains part of the amalgamated city.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Aylmer-Quebec.html (146 words)

	Aylmer Hunter-Weston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (1864–18 March 1940) was a British general who served in the First World War.
		At the outbreak of the war in 1914 he commanded a brigade on the Western Front.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aylmer_Hunter-Weston (331 words)

	Aylmer Hunter-Weston - Wikipedia
		Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO (* 1864; † 18.
		Aylmer Hunter-Weston trat 1884 in das Royal Engineer Corps ein und durchlief die üblichen Kolonialverwendungen.
		WikiCommons: Aylmer Hunter-Weston – Bilder, Videos oder Audiodateien
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aylmer_Hunter-Weston (461 words)

	Battle of Gully Ravine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As a prelude to a new offensive the commander at Helles, Lieutenant General Aylmer Hunter-Weston ordered separate limited attacks to advance the flanks.
		On June 21 the French, with overwhelming artillery support, attacked two redoubts controlling the crest of Kereves Spur.
		Unlike previous Allied attacks at Helles, the Gully Ravine action was largely successful at achieving its objectives though at a typically high cost in casualties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Gully_Ravine (984 words)

	Clan Hunter
		The 14th Laird, John Hunter, fought and died at Flodden, and Lt. General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston was involved in the Boer War and the Gallipoli landings.
		The Ragman Roll was signed in 1296 by Aylmer le Hunter of the County of Are.
		According to tradition, one of the Hunter ancestors fought with Rollo at the sack of Paris in 896, while others became official huntsmen to the Dukes of Normandy.
	www.clansearch.co.uk /clans/Hunter.htm (460 words)

	goliathtriumph
		The Sea Hunters are preparing for their next expedition to dive 2 wrecks who met their fate in the narrows of Dardanelles off the coast of Turkey.
		After arriving in Turkey the Sea Hunters and their plans were presented to the public durring a press conference.
		The Sea hunters inspect damage to their ship after being struck the night before by another vessel.
	www.shipwreckcentral.com /livedive/archives/goliathtriumph (2852 words)

	British VIII Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The corps commander was Lieutenant General Aylmer Hunter-Weston.
		When Hunter-Weston relinquished command due to illness, the corps was commanded by General Francis Davies.
		In May 1915, these divisions were arranged as the British Army Corps which was then redesignated as the VIII Corps in June.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_VIII_Corps (364 words)

	Aylmer, Matthew Whitworth - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Aylmer, Matthew Whitworth
		Aylmer had had a distinguished military career but no administrative experience.
		As governor general he introduced a series of measures that profoundly altered the outlook of the French-Canadian party, led by Louis-Joseph Papineau, driving it to a policy that led to open violence.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Aylmer%2c+Matthew+Whitworth (106 words)

	A History of the Hunters
		Gould Hunter-Weston, husband of Jane Hunter-Weston (26th Laird) fought in India at Lucknow in 1857 and their eldest son, Aylmer (27th Laird) was a well known general in the First World War.
		The present Clan Chief, Madam Pauline Hunter of Hunterston and of that Ilk and 30th Laird, is continuing to build a secure future for Hunterston and develop the Clan Hunter Associations worldwide.
		William Hunter was invited to Scotland by David I, who was himself brought up in the Norman Court.
	www.virginbiz.com /clanhunter/clanhunter/index.html (557 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: Battle_of_Gallipoli
		The Helles landing was made by the 29th Division under the command of Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, on five beaches in an arc about the tip of the peninsula, designated from east to west as S, V, W, X and Y beach.
		At the extremities of the arc, on S, X and Y beaches, there was little opposition but the opportunity was not exploited.
		A trench perimeter quickly developed and a bloody stalemate ensued until August.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Battle_of_Gallipoli (4320 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Second Battle of Krithia, 1915
		The Allied force used as the basis of the attack was sited at a beachhead on Cape Helles operating under British commander Aylmer Hunter-Weston.
		Following the failure of the first Allied attempt to capture the village of Krithia and its prominent hill feature Achi Baba on 28 April 1915 a second attempt was initiated on 6 May.
		Some 20,000 troops had survived the landing at Cape Helles on 25 April but losses during the first attempt upon Krithia had reduced this total to just 14,000.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/krithia2.htm (617 words)

	Who's who
		His immediate Corps commanders were General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston (a figure who would go on to further infamy on the Somme) and General Birdwood (as respected leader of the ANZAC forces).
		The Turks were led by the enigmatic German, Von Sanders, but a number of the chief turning points of the campaign were achieved by a rising officer, Mustafa Kemal.
		Amongst the military leaders, General Sir Ian Hamilton was the man entrusted with carrying out the operation in the Dardanelles.
	www.gallipoli-association.org /Political_Military_Figures.htm (293 words)

	The Hunters Of Hunterston
		She took over the Estate after General Hunter-Weston died in 1940 and assumed the hereditary title of Hunter of Hunterston.
		She inherited in 1796 and married her cousin, who assumed the surname of Hunter.
		He matriculated the Arms of Hunter of Hunterston in 1970, becoming the 29th Laird, and
	btinternet.com /~robert.hunter2/HunterstonFamilyTree/FamilyTree2.htm (321 words)

	Battle of Krithia Vineyard
		The original commander of the British VIII Corps at Helles, Lieutenant General Aylmer Hunter-Weston had departed the peninsula in July, following the last Helles offensive—the Battle of Gully Ravine.
		His replacement, Lieutenant General Francis Davies, arrived in early August but had not yet assumed command of the corps when a series of diversions were due to be launched from Anzac and Helles to divert Turkish attention from the planned landing at Suvla and break out from Anzac.
		Instead, the British commander, Brigadier General H.E. Street, mounted a futile and bloody series of attacks that in the end gained a small patch of ground known as "The Vineyard".
	battle-of-krithia-vineyard.ask.dyndns.dk (475 words)

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		The commander-in-chief, Ian Hamilton, the commander at Helles, Aylmer Hunter-Weston, and the commander at Suvla, Frederick Stopford, were undistinguished even by World War I standards.
		On the other hand, the British commander of the Anzac forces, Birdwood, was probably the best among what was on offer, so, relatively, it cannot be said that we were treated badly.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/04/19/1019020708943.html (1489 words)

	Second Battle of Krithia - Freepedia
		The commander at Helles, Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, was woefully lacking in shells for his artillery and those he did have were shrapnel which was ineffective against entrenched positions.
		The Anzac brigades and General Vaughn Cox's 29th Indian Brigade would be in reserve.
	en.freepedia.org /Second_Battle_of_Krithia.html (1228 words)

	Thug Or A Million Murders by Colonel James L. Sleeman
		Weston) started in command of a detachment to escort the celebrated Colonel W. Sleeman on his annual tour over Bundlecund and down the Nerbudda.
		In 1849 Sleeman appointed Weston an assistant for the suppression of Thuggee, and to quote from this book again:--
		Not only was he trusted by his superiors, but he carried with him the prestige of a name second to none in India, as that of a friend to the poor, protector of the weak, and a redresser of their wrongs."
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /horror/003/114.htm (3147 words)

	Centre for First World War Studies
		Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston died in a mysterious fall from a turret of his ancestral home, at Hunterston, Ayrshire, on 18 March 1940.
		Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (1864-1940) was one of the best known officers in the British Army.
		He was undoubtedly a ‘card’ and more stories were told about him and his eccentricities than any other general.
	www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk /nicknames/hunterweston.htm (220 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk Books Review: Gallipoli by LA Carlyon
		General Aylmer Hunter-Weston despised the unspeakable Turk, espoused the gospel of attack and, when the subject of casualties was raised, snapped: "Casualties?
		What do I care for casualties?" He was glad to have an opportunity of "blooding the pups", as was his fellow huntsman, General Godley, whose wife allegedly complained that wounded men from Gallipoli failed to lie at attention when she visited them in an Egyptian hospital.
		Among them were a number of homicidal grotesques who might have been dreamt up by Joan Littlewood.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/books/story/0,10595,859654,00.html (1222 words)

	The National Archives Learning Curve The Great War Lions led by donkeys? Gallipoli Background
		During May and June of 1915, Allied forces under General Sir Aylmer Hunter Weston tried three times to capture more land on Gallipoli by attacking Krithia.
		In August 1915, the ANZACs attacked from ANZAC Cove and Hunter Weston's troops attacked from Helles.
		Hunter Weston's forces again suffered heavy casualties while Birdwood's ANZACs performed well.
	www.learningcurve.gov.uk /greatwar/g4/cs2/background.htm (1125 words)

	Gunner William Casey
		The letter was read out to the court and when the proceedings were drawn to the attention of General Sir Aylmer Hunter Weston, the Corps commander, he found the whole business absolutely hilarious and wrote to Mrs.
		I rejoice that when he was forced with the necessity of committing a fault, your Husband had no hesitation in choosing that fault which would bring punishment to him and not to you.
		His punishment for what was a capital offence remains unknown, but his illiterate wife persuaded her mother to write a letter to Casey’s commanding officer pleading for clemency.
	www.shotatdawn.org.uk /old/casey.htm (268 words)

	Serebella Contents Aylmer Hunter---Weston-Aysha
		It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Hunter".
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-44225-44272-Aylmer_Hunter-Weston-Aysha.html (18 words)

	Clan Hunter
		The Hunter’s are sure to have been involved in the Battle of Largs 1263 that saw the Vikings removed from Scotland forever.
		Other Hunter castles are Blairquhan Castle that was completed in 1842 for Sir David Hunter Blair (son of a banker and Lord Provost of Edinburgh).
		Although the Hunters swore allegiance to the English king Edward 1 in 1296, as with most other clans, they would probably have joined forces with Bruce when the war for independence escalated in the early 1300s.
	www.ayrshirescotland.com /clans/hunter.html (459 words)

	Landing at Cape Helles
		The Helles landing was grossly mismanaged by the British commander, Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston.
		Another landing was made to the north at Gaba Tepe by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
		The two main beaches became bloodbaths, despite the meagre defences, while the landings at other sites were not exploited.
	landing-at-cape-helles.ask.dyndns.dk (2417 words)

	Felix Aylmer Supersite
		Felix Aylmer movies on VHS and DVD online at Movies Unlimited - Felix Aylmer Video Titles Available from Movies Unlimited The Ghost Camera [VHS] (1933) The Shadow [DVD] (1933) The Iron Duke [VHS] (1935) As You Like It [VHS] (1936) Dusty Ermine [VHS] (1936) She Shall Have.
		Review - Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, George Pastell, Michael Ripper, George Woodbridge, Harold Goodwin, Denis Shaw Review The Mummy is much more than a straight remake of the.
		THE MUMMY - Cushing (John Banning), Christopher Lee (Kharis/The Mummy), Yvonne Furneaux (Isobel/Ananka), Felix Aylmer (Stephen Banning), Eddie Byrne (Mulrooney), Raymond Huntley (Joseph Whemple), George Pastell.
	auctions.dunningadvertising.com /listings/felix-aylmer.htm (392 words)

	Third Battle of Krithia
		On May24, the commander of the 29th Division, Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, was promoted to lieutenant general and given command of the British VIII Corps containing all British units at Helles.
		By late May the British contingent on the Helles front at Gallipoli had beenexpanded to three division and a brigade : the 29th Division (which had made the original landing), the Royal NavalDivision (now reinforced to 12 battalions), the 42nd (East Lancashire)Division and the 29th Indian Brigade.
		MajorGeneral Beauvoir De Lisle took over command of the 29th Division.
	www.therfcc.org /third-battle-of-krithia-158106.html (1191 words)

	Random House Publishing Group By Their Deeds Alone by Edited by Richard D. Hooker Jr.
		Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the Royal Naval Division (11,000 men) led by Major General Paris, a French contingent of roughly division size commanded by General d’Amade, and service troops.
		Hamilton’s opposite number was Generalleutnant Limon von Sanders, a distinguished German officer of strong leadership qualities and stable temperament.
	www.randomhouse.com /BB/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0891418075&view=excerpt (1622 words)

	LHCMA Hamilton catalogue: 7/2/1-64 Papers, 1915-1936, relating to the efficiency of officers of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and to operations at Suvla Bay and Sari Bair, Gallipoli, Aug-Sep 1915
		Correspondence between Lt Gen Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston, General Officer Commanding 29 Div, and General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, regarding the alleged nervous breakdown of Brig Gen Richard William Breeks, commanding 29 Div artillery.
		Correspondence of General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, regarding transfer of Lt Col [Harry Douglas] Farquharson from liaison duties at HQ of French Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, to base duties at Alexandria, Egypt, due to alleged stress of shell fire.
	www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma_new/cats/hamilton/h0-0702.shtml (2069 words)

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