Alexander Scotland | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | 1882 |
ƙasa |
Birtaniya United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Mutuwa | 1965 |
Karatu | |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | intelligence officer (en) |
Kyaututtuka | |
Aikin soja | |
Fannin soja | British Army (en) |
Digiri | lieutenant colonel (en) |
Ya faɗaci |
Yakin Duniya na I Yakin Duniya na II |
Alexander Paterson Scotland OBE (1882-1965) wani jami'in Sojan Biritaniya ne kuma jami'in leken asiri.
An san Scotland saboda aikinsa a lokacin da kuma bayan yakin duniya na biyu a matsayin kwamandan "London Cage", wani fursunonin MI19 na wurin yaki wanda ke fuskantar zargin azabtarwa akai-akai.[1] Ya rubuta game da wannan lokacin a cikin littafinsa na 1957, The London Cage.
An haifi Scotland a Ingila ga iyayen Scotland daga Perthshire. Mahaifinsa injiniyan layin dogo ne. Ya fito daga gida mai yara tara, mata uku da maza shida. Ya bar makaranta yana dan shekara sha hudu, ya yi aiki a matsayin yaro na ofis a wani mai sayar da shayi a Mincing Lane, birnin Landan, sannan ya tashi zuwa Australia kafin ya koma Ingila, inda ya yi aiki a wani kasuwancin kayan abinci na Landan.[2]
A cikin 1915, Scotland ta nemi shiga aiki a cikin leken asirin sojan Burtaniya. Da farko an kore shi, daga nan aka karbe shi zuwa cikin Inns of Hormon Officers' Training Corps.[8] An aika shi zuwa Faransa kuma ya sami kwamiti a matsayin laftanar na biyu a cikin Yuli 1916.[9] A Faransa an ba shi aikin yi wa fursunonin Jamus tambayoyi.