Career
He served on the North-West Frontier during the First World War and later in the Persian and Mesopotamian campaigns. He has been described as "decisive, ingenious and tough". Hotine was responsible for the design of the triangulation pillars constructed during the Geodetic resurvey of Britain.
6,173 of these were built.
They provided a solid base for the theodolites used by the survey teams during the survey, thereby improving the accuracy of the readings obtained. They are sometimes referred to as "Hotine Pillars". and for his cartographic work.".