Wood, Evelyn, 1838-1919

found: OCLC, Apr. 9, 2004(hdgs.: Wood, Evelyn, Sir, 1838-1919; Wood, Henry Evelyn, Sir, 1838-1919; usage: Sir Evelyn Wood)

found: Wikipedia, September 18, 2018(Evelyn Wood (British Army officer); Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, VC, GCB, GCMG; born 9 February 1838 in Cressing, Essex; died 2 December 1919 in Harlow, Essex; British Army officer; after an early career in the Royal Navy (1854-1855), Wood joined the British Army in 1855 (he reired in 1905); he served in several major conflicts including the Indian Mutiny where, as a lieutenant, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a local merchant from a band of robbers who had taken him captive into the jungle, where they intended to hang him; Wood further served as a commander in several other conflicts, notably the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, the Anglo-Zulu War, the First Boer War and the Mahdist War; his service in Egypt led to his appointment as Sirdar where he reorganised the Egyptian Army; he returned to Britain to serve as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Aldershot Command from 1889, as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1893 and as Adjutant General from 1897; his last appointment was as commander of 2nd Army Corps (later renamed Southern Command) from 1901 to 1904)