Great Britain -- History, Military -- 19th century; Marshals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919
AN EPISODE AT SINDWAHA 140
SINDWAHA 142
SINDHARA 188
CENTRAL INDIA 200
VAGABOND 220
MAJOR WOOD’S QUARTERS, ALDERSHOT, 1869–71 246
THE DEATH OF ARTHUR EYRE 280
THE ASHANTI CAMPAIGN 286
COLONEL WOOD’S QUARTERS, 1876–77 292
THE GAIKA REBELLION 302
THE PERIE BUSH 322
BURIAL OF RONALD CAMPBELL AND LLEWELYN LLOYD UNDER FIRE 371
INHLOBANE MOUNTAIN 376
KAMBULA HILL 388
NATAL AND PART OF ZULULAND 464
This illustrates Campaigns in 1879, 1880, 1881
THE SUDAN 500
NOTE.--The Maps are in most cases placed at the end of the chapter,
or chapters, which they are intended to illustrate.
FIELD MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., P.S.C.,
BARRISTER-AT-LAW
RECORD OF APPOINTMENTS, STAFF APPOINTMENTS, AND WAR SERVICES EXTRACTED
FROM THE OFFICIAL LIST
APPOINTMENTS
ROYAL NAVY, from 15th April 1852 to 6th September 1855.
CORNET, 13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, 7th September 1855.
LIEUTENANT, 13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, 1st February 1856.
LIEUTENANT, 17TH LANCERS, 9th October 1857.
CAPTAIN, 17TH LANCERS, 16th April 1861.
BREVET-MAJOR, 17TH LANCERS, 19th August 1862.
BREVET-MAJOR, 73RD FOOT, 21st October 1862.
BREVET-MAJOR, 17TH FOOT, 10th November 1865.
MAJOR, unattached, 22nd June 1870.
MAJOR, 90TH LIGHT INFANTRY, 28th October 1871.
BREVET-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, 19th January 1873.
BREVET-COLONEL, 1st April 1874.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, 90TH LIGHT INFANTRY, 13th November 1878.
Half-Pay, 15th December 1879.
MAJOR-GENERAL, 12th August 1881.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL, 1st April 1890.
GENERAL, 26th March 1895.
FIELD MARSHAL, 8th April 1903.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
NAVAL BRIGADE, ACTING AIDE-DE-CAMP, 1st January to 29th June 1855.
BRIGADE-MAJOR TO FLYING COLUMN, CENTRAL INDIA, 1st November 1858 to
15th April 1859.
AIDE-DE-CAMP IN DUBLIN, 22nd January 1865 to 31st March 1865.
BRIGADE-MAJOR, ALDERSHOT, 31st July 1866 to 13th November 1868.
DEPUTY-ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, ALDERSHOT, 14th November 1868 to
25th November 1871.
SPECIAL SERVICE, GOLD COAST, 12th September 1873 to 25th March 1874.
SUPERINTENDING OFFICER OF GARRISON INSTRUCTION, 10th September 1874
to 27th March 1876.
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