Major-General Alister Grant Dallas CB, CMG (10 June 1866 – 2 February 1931) was a British Army officer.
[12] In October 1914, a few weeks after the start of the First World War, Dallas became GSO1, essentially chief of staff, to Lieutenant General Henry Rawlinson, who had recently been assigned as general officer commanding (GOC) IV Corps of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front.
[15] Rawlinson made staff changes in August 1915 and Dallas, promoted to temporary brigadier general in September,[16] became commander of the 11th (Northern) Division's 32nd Infantry Brigade, which he led in the final stages of the Gallipoli campaign.
[1] After being evacuated from Gallipoli, Dallas was promoted to the temporary rank of major general in January 1916[17] and became GOC of the 53rd (Welsh) Division, at the time serving in Egypt.
[19] He was appointed to the Order of the White Eagle, 2nd Class by the King of Serbia in February 1917,[20] and handed over command of his division in April 1917.