From Midshipman To Field Marshal – Vol. I

Nonfiction, History, Spain & Portugal, France, Military
Cover of the book From Midshipman To Field Marshal – Vol. I by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V.C. G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Wagram Press
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Author: Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V.C. G.C.B., G.C.M.G. ISBN: 9781908902863
Publisher: Wagram Press Publication: February 18, 2013
Imprint: Wagram Press Language: English
Author: Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V.C. G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
ISBN: 9781908902863
Publisher: Wagram Press
Publication: February 18, 2013
Imprint: Wagram Press
Language: English

Autobiographies come in many shapes and forms, particularly those of the military genre. In this two-volume work, Field-Marshal Wood charts his remarkable career from the Navy to the highest rank in the British Army with wit, verve, honesty and no little depreciation. He served with distinction in the mud and misery of the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, Wolseley’s Ishanti War, the Zulu War and in Egypt and the Sudan. His actions on attacking a gang of robbers intent on murdering a local merchant earned him the Victoria Cross - his second recommendation for the V.C.
A man of considerable self-taught talents (he ran away from school), upright and forthright and of great personal courage, he survived multiple wounds during his military career to reach the pinnacle of rank. He was greatly concerned with the welfare of his troops and was at the forefront of the reforms that were to ensure the British Army’s success in the First World War.
Author — Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V.C. G.C.B., G.C.M.G., 1838-1919
Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in London : Methuen & co., 1906.
Original Page Count – xiv and 322 pages.
Illustrations — numerous maps and plans

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Autobiographies come in many shapes and forms, particularly those of the military genre. In this two-volume work, Field-Marshal Wood charts his remarkable career from the Navy to the highest rank in the British Army with wit, verve, honesty and no little depreciation. He served with distinction in the mud and misery of the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, Wolseley’s Ishanti War, the Zulu War and in Egypt and the Sudan. His actions on attacking a gang of robbers intent on murdering a local merchant earned him the Victoria Cross - his second recommendation for the V.C.
A man of considerable self-taught talents (he ran away from school), upright and forthright and of great personal courage, he survived multiple wounds during his military career to reach the pinnacle of rank. He was greatly concerned with the welfare of his troops and was at the forefront of the reforms that were to ensure the British Army’s success in the First World War.
Author — Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V.C. G.C.B., G.C.M.G., 1838-1919
Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in London : Methuen & co., 1906.
Original Page Count – xiv and 322 pages.
Illustrations — numerous maps and plans

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