Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford, John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, Colin Halkett, Francis Bond Head, Hew Dalrymple Ross, James Shaw Kennedy, George Scovell, John G. Millingen, Charles Stephen Gore. Excerpt: Sir Alexander Woodfood Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, KCB, KCMG (15 June 1782 26 August 1870) was a British Army officer. Military career Woodford was born at 30 Welbeck Street, London, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodford (d. 1800), and his second wife, Lady Susan (d. 1814), the eldest daughter of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, and widow of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland . Sir John George Woodford was his younger brother. He went to Winchester College as a commoner in 1794, and in 1799 to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich . He obtained a commission as an ensign in the 9th (the East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot on 6 December 1794. His further commissions were dated: lieutenant, 15 July 1795; captain, 11 December 1799; regimental captain in the Coldstream Guards and lieutenant-colonel, 8 March 1810; colonel, 4 June 1814; regimental second major, 25 July 1814; regimental first major, 18 January 1820; regimental lieutenant colonel, 25 July 1821; major general, 27 May 1825; lieutenant general, 28 June 1838; colonel of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot, 25 April 1842; general, 20 June 1854; transferred to the colonelcy of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 15 December 1861; field marshal, 1 January 1868. Woodford was promoted to lieutenant in an independent corps and was brought into the 22nd (the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot on 8 September 1795, but placed on half pay the following year, as he was too young to serve. He was again brought into the 9th Foot as cap...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recipients of the Waterloo Medal: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford. To get started finding Recipients of the Waterloo Medal: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Recipients of the Waterloo Medal: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford, John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, Colin Halkett, Francis Bond Head, Hew Dalrymple Ross, James Shaw Kennedy, George Scovell, John G. Millingen, Charles Stephen Gore. Excerpt: Sir Alexander Woodfood Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, KCB, KCMG (15 June 1782 26 August 1870) was a British Army officer. Military career Woodford was born at 30 Welbeck Street, London, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodford (d. 1800), and his second wife, Lady Susan (d. 1814), the eldest daughter of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, and widow of John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland . Sir John George Woodford was his younger brother. He went to Winchester College as a commoner in 1794, and in 1799 to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich . He obtained a commission as an ensign in the 9th (the East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot on 6 December 1794. His further commissions were dated: lieutenant, 15 July 1795; captain, 11 December 1799; regimental captain in the Coldstream Guards and lieutenant-colonel, 8 March 1810; colonel, 4 June 1814; regimental second major, 25 July 1814; regimental first major, 18 January 1820; regimental lieutenant colonel, 25 July 1821; major general, 27 May 1825; lieutenant general, 28 June 1838; colonel of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot, 25 April 1842; general, 20 June 1854; transferred to the colonelcy of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 15 December 1861; field marshal, 1 January 1868. Woodford was promoted to lieutenant in an independent corps and was brought into the 22nd (the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot on 8 September 1795, but placed on half pay the following year, as he was too young to serve. He was again brought into the 9th Foot as cap...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recipients of the Waterloo Medal: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford. To get started finding Recipients of the Waterloo Medal: James Graham, Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet, Anthony Bacon, Charles Rowan, Alexander George Woodford, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.