Alexander Scotland

Lt. Col. Alexander Scotland, OBE
Born(1882-07-15)15 July 1882
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
Died3 July 1965(1965-07-03) (aged 82)
Brent, London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1903–1907 (German Army, German South West Africa)
1915–1919, 1940–1948 (British Army)
RankLieutenant Colonel
CommandsPrisoner of War Interrogation Section
Battles/warsGerman campaign in German South West Africa
World War I
World War II
AwardsOfficer 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.

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