Surgeon Major General Grahame Auchinleck
M.D. (Army Medical Department, 1883–86): Served in the
Anglo-Burmese War of 1853-54, and later during the 1858 Eusofzie Expedition into the
North West Frontier. He was also present with
81st Regiment during the
Indian Mutiny.
Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Butler GCB, PC (Ire) (31 October 1838 – 7 June 1910) was an Irish 19th-century British Army officer, writer, and adventurer. He was Commander in Chief of British Forces in South Africa at the outbreak of the Boer War.
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, VC, GCB, GCMG (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa during the early months of the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded the army in Natal until his return to England in November 1900.
Lieutenant General
Lord Cardigan: British aristocrat; purchased a commission and continued to buy promotions, eventually becoming commander of the
Light Brigade; leading it on its famous charge in 1854, during the Crimean War.
Major General
William Elphinstone: Commander of the Anglo-Indian army that invaded and occupied Afghanistan in 1841; captured by tribesmen during a disastrous retreat; died in captivity.
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Major-General Sir George Townshend Forestier-Walker KCB (2 August 1866 – 23 January 1939) was a Commander of British forces in the Cape Colony and senior British Army officer during World War I.[2]
Major General Sir
Henry Havelock: Commanded units in the
Indian Mutiny, including the column that retook the captured city of
Cawnpore (too late to prevent the massacre of Europeans inside) and relieved the
siege of Lucknow for the first time; died of dysentery just after the siege was finally lifted.
General Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton, GCB, KCVO (7 December 1857 – 6 July 1936) was a British Army general during the Second Boer War and the First World War.
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Field Marshal
Lord Lucan: Like his rival Lord Cardigan, Lucan purchased his way through the ranks, attaining command of the Cavalry Division, which included the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War.
General Sir
Charles James Napier: Commander of the Anglo-Indian army that conquered
Scinde in India; reputedly punned "I have sinned" when he had completed the bloody conquest.
Field Marshal
Robert Napier, Baron Napier: Commander of the British expeditionary force that overthrew King
Theodore II of Ethiopia, who had tortured British dignitaries and imprisoned other Europeans.
Brigadier
John Nicholson: Eccentric
East India Company officer who oversaw the recapture of Delhi, which had been overrun by Indian mutineers in 1857.
General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British Army General. One of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana as a young officer, he also distinguished himself in the Second Boer War
Field Marshal
Sir Evelyn Wood: Awarded the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny in 1858 and later commanded extensively in the
Zulu War and the
Mahdist War.
Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope CB CMG (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War.
Surgeon Major General Grahame Auchinleck
M.D. (Army Medical Department, 1883–86): Served in the
Anglo-Burmese War of 1853-54, and later during the 1858 Eusofzie Expedition into the
North West Frontier. He was also present with
81st Regiment during the
Indian Mutiny.
Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Butler GCB, PC (Ire) (31 October 1838 – 7 June 1910) was an Irish 19th-century British Army officer, writer, and adventurer. He was Commander in Chief of British Forces in South Africa at the outbreak of the Boer War.
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, VC, GCB, GCMG (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa during the early months of the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded the army in Natal until his return to England in November 1900.
Lieutenant General
Lord Cardigan: British aristocrat; purchased a commission and continued to buy promotions, eventually becoming commander of the
Light Brigade; leading it on its famous charge in 1854, during the Crimean War.
Major General
William Elphinstone: Commander of the Anglo-Indian army that invaded and occupied Afghanistan in 1841; captured by tribesmen during a disastrous retreat; died in captivity.
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Major-General Sir George Townshend Forestier-Walker KCB (2 August 1866 – 23 January 1939) was a Commander of British forces in the Cape Colony and senior British Army officer during World War I.[2]
Major General Sir
Henry Havelock: Commanded units in the
Indian Mutiny, including the column that retook the captured city of
Cawnpore (too late to prevent the massacre of Europeans inside) and relieved the
siege of Lucknow for the first time; died of dysentery just after the siege was finally lifted.
General Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton, GCB, KCVO (7 December 1857 – 6 July 1936) was a British Army general during the Second Boer War and the First World War.
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Field Marshal
Lord Lucan: Like his rival Lord Cardigan, Lucan purchased his way through the ranks, attaining command of the Cavalry Division, which included the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War.
General Sir
Charles James Napier: Commander of the Anglo-Indian army that conquered
Scinde in India; reputedly punned "I have sinned" when he had completed the bloody conquest.
Field Marshal
Robert Napier, Baron Napier: Commander of the British expeditionary force that overthrew King
Theodore II of Ethiopia, who had tortured British dignitaries and imprisoned other Europeans.
Brigadier
John Nicholson: Eccentric
East India Company officer who oversaw the recapture of Delhi, which had been overrun by Indian mutineers in 1857.
General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British Army General. One of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana as a young officer, he also distinguished himself in the Second Boer War
Field Marshal
Sir Evelyn Wood: Awarded the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny in 1858 and later commanded extensively in the
Zulu War and the
Mahdist War.
Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope CB CMG (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War.