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BRITISH OFFICERS IN EGYPT 1882
[WOLSELEY
(Garnet, Viscount, 1833-1913, Field Marshal, C-in-C of the Army)]
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showing him in a group of officers, in the top row from left to right are Major General William Earle, Lieutenant General G. H. S. Willis, Major General Sir A. Allison, Lieutenant General Sir E. Hamley and Major General Sir Evelyn Wood, on the bottom row, seated, are the Duke of Connaught, Lieutenant General Sir John Adye and Lieutenant General Sir Garnet Wolsele, 4 X 2½, no place, no date circa
Item Date: 1882
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Wolseley was appointed assistant adjutant-general at the War Office in 1871, he furthered the Cardwell schemes of army reform. The reforms met strong opposition from senior military figures led by the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. In 1879 he was sent to South Africa to supersede Lord Chelmsford in command of the forces in the Zulu War, and as governor of Natal and the Transvaal and the High Commissioner of Southern Africa. Probably originally published in 'The Graphic'.
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