Note 5 — Chapter I · THE FIRST BATTALION GOES TO WAR

Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget, eldest son of General Lord Alfred Paget, was born on the 1st March, 1851, and entered the Scots Guards in 1869. He served in the Ashanti War, 1873; in the Soudan, 1885; in Burma, 1887–8, and again in the Soudan in 1888–9. He commanded the 1st Scots Guards in the South African War and later the 20th Brigade, being specially promoted major-general. He commanded the 1st Division from 1902–6, during which time he received the C.B. and the K.C.V.O. and was promoted lieutenant-general. He was made a K.C.B. in 1907, and the following year was appointed G.O.C. Eastern Command. He was an Aide-de-camp General to His Majesty from 1910–14. In 1912 he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the Forces in Ireland and advanced to the dignity of Privy Councillor, and the following year was promoted general and received the G.C.B. In January, 1915, General Paget was sent on a Special Mission to Russia and the Balkan States and was received by the Tzar of Russia and the Kings of Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia and Greece. The following year he was sent by His Majesty King George V to convey the Field-Marshal’s baton to the Tzar of Russia. In 1917 he visited Verdun, representing His Majesty, to confer on that town the Military Cross.