Lt. Col. Alexander Scotland, OBE | |
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Born | Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England | 15 July 1882
Died | 3 July 1965 Brent, London, England | (aged 82)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1903–1907 (German Army, German South West Africa) 1915–1919, 1940–1948 (British Army) |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands | Prisoner of War Interrogation Section |
Battles/wars | German campaign in German South West Africa World War I World War II |
Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire Bronze Star (USA) |
Alexander Paterson Scotland, OBE (1882–1965) was a British Army officer and intelligence officer.
Scotland was noted for his work during and after World War II as commandant of the "London Cage", an MI19 prisoner of war facility that was subject to frequent allegations of torture.[1] He wrote about this period in his 1957 book, The London Cage.