[4] Aylmer Cameron was commissioned as an Ensign in the 72nd Highlanders, British Army, on 9 July 1852,[5] and promoted to Lieutenant in August 1854.

[7] Cameron was 24 years old, and a lieutenant in the 72nd Highlanders during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 30 March 1858 at Kotah, India for which he was awarded the VC: For conspicuous bravery on the 30th of March, 1858, at Kotah, in having headed a small party of men, and attacked a body of armed fanatic rebels, strongly posted in a loop-holed house, with one narrow entrance.

[8]In addition to receiving the VC, for his services in India Cameron was twice mentioned in dispatches[9][10] and, in December 1859, was promoted to captain.

[11] In June 1871 Cameron was promoted to major in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers (25th Foot),[12] becoming a lieutenant-colonel in October 1877[13] and colonel in July 1881.

[18] He died, after a long period of ill-health, on 10 June 1909 aged 75,[3] and is buried in St Mark's Churchyard, Highcliffe, Dorset.