Aylmer Hunter-Weston

Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston
Lt. Gen. Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston
Born	23 September 1864
Died	18 March 1940 (age 75)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	11th Infantry Brigade British 29th Division British VIII Corps
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Order Venerable Order of Saint John

Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO GStJ (23 September 1864 – 18 March 1940) was a British Army general who served in World War I at Gallipoli and in the very early stages of the Somme Offensive. He was also a Member of Parliament.

Nicknamed "Hunter-Bunter", Hunter-Weston has been seen as a classic example of a "donkey" general; he was described by his superior Sir Douglas Haig as a "rank amateur", and has been referred to by one modern writer as "one of the Great War's spectacular incompetents". However, another historian writes that although his poor performance at the battles of Krithia earned his reputation "as one of the most brutal and incompetent commanders of the First World War" "in his later battles (at Gallipoli) he seemed to hit upon a formula for success ...(but) these small achievements were largely forgotten".

Hunter-Weston was educated at Wellington College and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1884.

He was promoted captain in 1892. He served on the Indian North West Frontier and took part in the Miranzai Expedition of 1891 and was wounded during the Waziristan Expedition of 1894–95. During this time he was promoted to brevet major. He was on General Herbert Kitchener's staff on the Nile Expedition of 1896. He attended Staff College (where he was Master of Staff College Hounds) 1898–9.