Excerpt from Harrow Memorials of the Great War, Vol. 3: September 13th, 1915, to July 3rd, 1916Youngest son of the late Charles Frederick Amery, of the Indian Forestry Department, and of Mrs. Amery. Sandhurst, 1895.Major Amery was gazetted to the Black Watch in 1897. After four years in India he was seconded for service with the Egyptian Army in 1901, and remained in Egypt till 191 1, for the greater part of the time as Assistant Director of Intelligence and Indian Agent. In 1912 he was admitted to the Staff College. Major Amery was a gifted linguist, with an exceptional knowledge of Eastern languages; he was also a fine all-round athlete and a keen polo player and hunter of big game.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.