FIELD MARSHAL SIR EVELYN WOOD
V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., P.S.C., Barrister-at-Law
RECORD OF APPOINTMENTS, STAFF APPOINTMENTS, AND WAR SERVICES EXTRACTED FROM THE OFFICIAL LIST
APPOINTMENTS
Royal Navy, from 15th April 1852 to 6th September 1855.
Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons, 7th September 1855.
Lieutenant, 13th Light Dragoons, 1st February 1856.
Lieutenant, 17th Lancers, 9th October 1857.
Captain, 17th Lancers, 16th April 1861.
Brevet-Major, 17th Lancers, 19th August 1862.
Brevet-Major, 73rd Foot, 21st October 1862.
Brevet-Major, 17th Foot, 10th November 1865.
Major, unattached, 22nd June 1870.
Major, 90th Light Infantry, 28th October 1871.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel, 19th January 1873.
Brevet-Colonel, 1st April 1874.
Lieutenant-Colonel, 90th Light Infantry, 13th November 1878.
Half-Pay, 15th December 1879.
Major-General, 12th August 1881.
Lieutenant-General, 1st April 1890.
General, 26th March 1895.
Field Marshal, 8th April 1903.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
Naval Brigade, Acting Aide-de-Camp, 1st January to 29th June 1855.
Brigade-Major to Flying Column, Central India, 1st November 1858 to 15th April 1859.
Aide-de-Camp in Dublin, 22nd January 1865 to 31st March 1865.
Brigade-Major, Aldershot, 31st July 1866 to 13th November 1868.
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Aldershot, 14th November 1868 to 25th November 1871.
Special Service, Gold Coast, 12th September 1873 to 25th March 1874.
Superintending Officer of Garrison Instruction, 10th September 1874 to 27th March 1876.
Assistant Quartermaster-General at Aldershot, 28th March 1876 to 1st February 1878.
Special Service, South Africa, 25th February 1878 to 2nd April 1879.
Brigadier-General, South Africa, 3rd April 1879 to 5th August 1879.
Brigadier-General at Belfast and Chatham, 15th December 1879 to 14th January 1881.
Local Major-General in South Africa, 15th January 1881 to 27th February 1881.
Major-General in South Africa, 28th February 1881 to 16th February 1882.
Brigadier-General at Chatham, 14th February to 3rd August 1882.
Major-General in Expeditionary Force, 4th August 1882 to 31st October 1882.
Brigadier-General, Chatham, 1st November to 20th December 1882.
Sirdar, Egyptian Army, 21st December 1882 to 31st March 1885.
Commanded on the Lines of Communication on the Nile, 15th September 1884 to 14th June 1885.
Major-General, Eastern District, 1st April 1886 to 31st December 1888.
Lieutenant-General, Commanding at Aldershot, 1st January 1889 to 8th October 1893.
Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 9th October 1893 to 30th September 1897.
Adjutant-General to the Forces, 1st October 1897 to 30th September 1901.
General, Commanding 2nd Army Corps, later Southern Command, 1st October 1901 to 31st December 1904.
WAR SERVICES
WOOD, SIR (H.) E., V.C., G.C.B. (Field Marshal).—
Crimean Campaign, 1854–5. Served in the Naval Brigade in the battle of Inkerman, and at the bombardments of Sevastopol, in October 1854, April and June 1855, including the assault on the Redan of 18th June (severely wounded). Despatches, London Gazette, 2nd and 4th July 1855. Medal, with two Clasps; Knight Legion of Honour; 5th Class, Medjidie; Turkish Medal.
Indian Mutiny, 1858–60. Served as Brigade-Major, Beatson’s Horse; commanded 1st Regiment of Beatson’s Horse; raised and commanded 2nd Regiment of Central India Horse; was present at the action of Rajghur, Sindwaha, Kurai, Barode, and Sindhara. Despatches, London Gazette, 24th March and 5th May 1859. Medal and Victoria Cross.
Ashanti War, 1873–4. Raised and commanded Wood’s Regiment throughout the campaign; commanded the troops at the engagement of Essaman, Reconnaissance of 27th November 1873; commanded the Right column at the battle of Amoaful (slightly wounded), and was present at the action before Coomassie. Despatches, London Gazette, 18th and 25th November 1873; 6th, 7th, and 31st March 1874. Medal with Clasp. Brevet of Colonel; Companion of the Bath.
South African War, 1878–9–81. Kafir Campaign, commanded a force in clearing the Buffalo Poort and Perie Bush, and at the attack on the Tutu Bush; at attack on Intaba Ka Udoda Bush, and in the operations on the Buffalo Range. Zulu Campaign, commanded a column at the actions at Zunguin Mountains, and Inhlobane (horse killed), Kambula, and at the battle of Ulundi. Despatches, London Gazette, 17th May, 11th and 18th June, 1878; and 21st February, 5th, 15th, 21st, 28th March, 4th, 14th, 21st April, 7th and 16th May, and 21st August, 1879. Medal with Clasp; Knight Commander of the Bath. Transvaal Campaign, conducted negotiations and concluded peace with the Boers. Promoted Major-General; Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Egyptian Expedition, 1882. Commanded 4th Brigade, 2nd Division. Operations near Alexandria, and surrender of Kafr Dowar and Damietta. Despatches, London Gazette, November 1882. Thanked by both Houses of Parliament. Medal; Bronze Star; 2nd Class, Medjidie.
Sudan Expedition, 1884–5. Nile As Major-General on Lines of Communication. Despatches, London Gazette, 25th August 1885 Clasp.
Grand Cordon of the Medjidie, 1st Class, 1885.
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1901.
OTHER DISTINCTIONS
Passed Staff College, 1864.
Barrister-at-Law, 1874.
Honorary Colonel, 2nd Battalion Essex Rifle Volunteers 1879; and 14th Middlesex (Inns of Court), 1900.
Justice of the Peace, 1885.
Deputy-Lieutenant for the County of Essex, 1897.
Grand Cross Imperial Leopold Order, 1904.
D.C.L., 1907.