From Midshipman to Field Marshal

von Evelyn Wood V. C., Evelyn Wood

692 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The famous and classic autobiography of one of Britain's most famous soldiers, Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC. Remarkably for the time, Wood began his career as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy, serving in the Naval Brigade in the Crimean War. He was then commissioned into the Army and saw service in the Sudan War in 1884-85. Wood documents fully both his short naval service and his distinguished military career. This edition of the memoirs includes the two volumes in a single book. Volume 1 covers Wood's family background and spans the period up to 1878.Volume 2 continues from 1878 and ends with his appointment, in 1903, as a Field Marshal.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Tatsachenberichte, wahre Begebenheiten Kriege und Schlachten
• ISBN: 9781843421597
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.12.2001
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press