PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES

SIR EVELYN WOOD), G.C.M.G., K.C.B., V.C.

BorN 1838.

ENERATIL SIR HENRY L EVELYN l WOOD, the son of the late Rev. John Page Wood, was educated at Marl- borough, and served with distinction in the Naval

Brigade during the Crimean War, but in

1855 he joined the TLight

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Dragoons as ensign, served through the Tndian Mutiny, when he gained the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery. In 1873 he took part in

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the Ashantee Campaign, and led the advance to the river Prah. TFor his services at the capture of Coomassie he was made a C.B. In the Zulu War of 1879 he led the flying column on Cectewayo’s Kraal, and played a bril- liant part in the battle of Ulundi. In the Boer War of 1881 he hecame Commander -in - chicef at the disaster of Majuba Hill, and was also com- mander of the Army of

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Occupation n Iigypt the year following,

Such 1s the briefest possille summary of an exceptionally brilliant carcer.

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