Guy Melfort Baldwin

Brigadier-General Guy Melfort Baldwin (22 March 1865 – 22 March 1945) was a British cavalry officer in the British Indian Army where he commanded the 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) and later the Derajat Brigade. Early life Guy Melfort Baldwin was born 22 March 1865 at Penang, to Colonel A T and Margaret Baldwin. He was educated in Scotland at the Royal High School, in Edinburgh, and then at Wimbledon College. He then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, graduating as the Queen's India Cadet in January 1886 and joining the Royal Irish Regiment as a second-lieutenant. Until August the same year when he transferred to The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. British Indian Army In March 1888, Baldwin was seconded for service with the Indian Staff Corps, joining the 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment and serving with them in the Hazara Expedition of 1888. Two years later in 1890 he joined the Queen's Own Corps of Guides as a lieutenant and squadron commander. He was present during the 1895 Chitral Expedition, where as part of the relief force he received a sword wound during the action at Khaar 4 April 1895. He was mentioned in dispatches and invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He was again wounded in November 1897, this time severely during operations in the Malakand District and Swat valley.