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Sir Henry Evelyn Wood è stato un militare britannico. Dopo una prima carriera nella Royal Navy Wood aderì al British Army, prestando servizio con esso nei principali conflitti del XIX secolo, tra cui l'ammutinamento indiano del 1857 come tenente, occasione nella quale ottenne la prestigiosa Victoria Cross, la più alta onorificenza ...
Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, VC, GCB, GCMG (9 February 1838 – 2 December 1919) was a British Army officer. After an early career in the Royal Navy, Wood joined the British Army in 1855.
21 ago 2006 · Victorian commander Henry Evelyn Wood fought Indian mutineers, Ashanti, Zulus, Boers -- and his own frailty. By Martin J. Hadwen.
Sir Henry Evelyn Wood (Cressing, 9 febbraio 1838 – Harlow, 2 dicembre 1919) è stato un militare britannico.
Evelyn Wood was the son of a clergyman born near Braintree in Essex. His family had naval connections and it was as a midshipman on HMS Queen that he began his career. He switched to the army during the Crimean War to serve in the 13th Light Dragoons.
14 gen 2022 · Sir Henry Evelyn Wood was the very model of a British Empire sailor and soldier, who saw action in most of Queen Victoria’s “small” colonial wars and wrote an excellent autobiography two years after his retirement from Southern Command in 1904.
Name: Henry Evelyn WOOD; D.O.B: 7th Feb, 1838; D.O.A: 19th Oct, 1859; D.O.D: 2nd Dec, 1919; Award: Victoria Cross; Occupation at time of action: Lieutenant, 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers), attached to 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, then 1st Regiment Beatson’s Horse; Book: The Complete History - Volume 1; Action/Grave Location. Sources ...
