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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.
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.
Jan 14, 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.
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.
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.
Evelyn Wood. Henry Evelyn Wood initially served in the 13th Light Dragoons for 2 years, from September 1855 to October 1857. It was his first Army unit, having been a Midshipman in the Navy and a naval cadet before that. It was as a 16 year old Midshipman that he had his first experience of war.
Biographies: Evelyn Wood. Quartermaster General c1896. Wood was appointed Quartermaster General to the army on 9th Oct 1893. This appointment lasted until 1897. The tunic he wears here is the staff tunic worn by officers serving in various staff appointments from the rank of lieutenant to general.
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