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ENERAL SIR HENRY EVELYN WOOD, the son of the late Rev. John Page Wood, was educated at Marlborough, and served with distinction in the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War, but in 1855 he joined the Light Dragoons as ensign, served through the Indian Mutiny, when he gained the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery. In 1873 he took part in the Ashantee Campaign, and led the advance to the river Prah. For his services at the capture of Coomassie he was made a C.B. In the Zulu War of 1879 he led the flying column Cetewayo's Kraal, and played a brilliant part in the battle of Ulundi. In the Boer War of 1881 he became Commander-in-chief at the disaster of Majuba Hill, and was also commander of the Army of Occupation in Egypt the year following. Such is the briefest possible summary of an exceptionally brilliant career.