About Alfred Dyke Acland
Lived 1858 – 1937 (aged 78). Alfred Dyke Acland was a military personnel.
Colonel Alfred Dyke Acland (19 August 1858 – 22 March 1937) was a British Army officer.
Private life The seventh son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland,
On 30 July 1885, Acland married Beatrice Danvers Smith, daughter of W. H. Smith of the bookselling dynasty. They had at least five children:
Career
Acland commanded the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry between 1910 and 1914. He was promoted major on 10 February 1902. He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1910 when he took up command of the 1st Royal Devon Yeomanry.
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Who was Alfred Dyke Acland?
military officer (1858-1937)
When was Alfred Dyke Acland born?
Alfred Dyke Acland was born on 19 August 1858 in Oxford.
When did Alfred Dyke Acland die?
Alfred Dyke Acland died on 22 March 1937 in Honiton.
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Alfred Dyke Acland was a military personnel.
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