caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards image_size battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
field marshal sir evelyn wood 1854 -- 1905 constable of the tower of london united kingdom united kingdom aldershot command command quartermaster-general to the forces adjutant general southern 2 december 1919 -lrb- aged 81 -rrb- harlow , essex cressing , essex ukgbi victoria the bath knight grand cross of the order of st cross michael and st george mentioned in dispatches knight grand cross of the order of 250 crimean first boer war mahdist war war indian mutiny third anglo-ashanti war anglo-zulu war 9 february 1838 aldershot military cemetery midshipman field marshal sir evelyn wood.jpg evelyn wood -lrb- british army officer -rrb-
 sir evelyn wood
evelyn wood -lrb- british army officer -rrb-

field marshal sir henry evelyn wood vc , gcb , gcmg -lrb- 9 february 1838 -- 2 december 1919 -rrb- was a british army officer .
after an early career in the royal navy , wood joined the british army .
he served in several major conflicts including the indian mutiny where , as a lieutenant , he was awarded the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that is awarded to british and commonwealth forces , for rescuing a local merchant from a band of robbers who had taken their captive into the jungle , where they intended to hang him .
wood further served as a commander in several other conflicts , notably the third anglo-ashanti war , the anglo-zulu war , the first boer war and the mahdist war .
his service in egypt led to his appointment as sirdar where he reorganised the egyptian army .
he returned to britain to serve as general offier commanding-in-chief aldershot command from 1889 , as quartermaster-general to the forces from 1893 and as adjutant general from 1897 .
his last appointment was as general offier commanding-in-chief southern command from 1905 .
