WOOD, Sir (Henry) Evelyn VC. (1838-1919). Army officer.
Signature of approval on a letter to him from a fellow-officer, 1 page 8vo, on paper of the War Office, Cairo, dated in pencil 'Wadi Halfa November 1884'. The date and place are in another hand, but there is no reason to doubt them.
A request to issue six woollen jerseys from from ordnance stores.
Although a rather slight and apparently insignificant letter, the fact is that it appears to have been written during the expedition to relieve Khartoum. Wood had been appointed commander of the Egyptian Army in 1882 but he was not chosen to lead the expedition, being considered by Wolseley too desk-bound for the role. His attention to the woollen shirts issue shown by the present letter does little to dispel that notion.
£150 [No: 21931]
Signature of approval on a letter to him from a fellow-officer, 1 page 8vo, on paper of the War Office, Cairo, dated in pencil 'Wadi Halfa November 1884'. The date and place are in another hand, but there is no reason to doubt them.
A request to issue six woollen jerseys from from ordnance stores.
Although a rather slight and apparently insignificant letter, the fact is that it appears to have been written during the expedition to relieve Khartoum. Wood had been appointed commander of the Egyptian Army in 1882 but he was not chosen to lead the expedition, being considered by Wolseley too desk-bound for the role. His attention to the woollen shirts issue shown by the present letter does little to dispel that notion.
£150 [No: 21931]