Jardine was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1870 and was educated at Charterhouse School and then the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Jardine was the grandson of the explorer James Bruce who traced the source of the Nile River. And he was named for that maternal ancestor.
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He earned the rank of Brigadier-General in the service of the 5th Lancers. Jardine joined the 5th Lancers in 1890 and saw active service in the Second Boer War, including the defence of Ladysmith and the sortie of 7 December 1899. In 1904, Captain Jardine was sent to Tokyo to learn the Japanese language.
He and his superiors were anticipating what would become the Russo-Japanese War.
He was posted to the British legation as one of several military attachés, including Captain Alexander Bannerman, Captain Berkeley Vincent and Captain Arthur Hart-Synnot. When the First World War began, Jardine held the rank of Major.
He commanded 97th Brigade of 32nd Division during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. In later life, Jardine was named Deputy Lieutenant (Doctor of Laws) of Roxburghshire, Scotland, and from 1952 an ensign in the Royal Company of Archers.
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