Background
WOOD, Evelyn was born on February 9, 1838 in Cressing, Braintree, Essex. Youngest son of late Reverend Sir John Page Wood, 2nd Baronet, and Caroline, youngest daughter of Admiral Sampson Michell, Croft West, Cornwall.
WOOD, Evelyn was born on February 9, 1838 in Cressing, Braintree, Essex. Youngest son of late Reverend Sir John Page Wood, 2nd Baronet, and Caroline, youngest daughter of Admiral Sampson Michell, Croft West, Cornwall.
Studied at Marlborough College. Doctor of Civil Law.
Barrister Middle Temple, 1874. Passed Staff College. Entered Navy, 1852; served in Crimea with Naval Brigade 1 October 1854 to 18 June 1855, when he was severely wounded while carrying a scaling ladder to the Redan.
Mentioned in Lord Raglan’s despatches. Medal and 2 clasps; Knight of Legion of Honour, Medjidie, Turkish medal. Joined 13th, Captain Charles Peevor Boileau, 1902.
Major and Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel 3ra Light Dragoons, 1855. Served in 17th Lancers in India camjjaign, 1858. Mentioned in despatches twice.
Granted Victoria Cross, December 1859. Ashantee, Kaffir, Zulu, and Transvaal Wars, 1870-1881. Commanded Chatham District, 1882-1883.
2nd Brigade (2nd Division) Expedition to Egypt, 1882. Raised the Egyptian Army, 1883. Se'rved in Nile Expedition, 1894-1895.
Commanded Eastern District, 1886-1888. Aldershot Division, 1889-1893. Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 1893-1897.
Adjutant - General to Forces, 1897-1901. 2nd Army Corps District, 1901-1905. Chairman City of London Territorial Forces Association. ; D.L., Victoria Cross, 1858; Oxfordshire.
Clubs: United Service, Army and Navy.
Spouse 1867, the Hon. Mary Paulina Southwell (d. 1891), sis. of 4th Viscount Southwell.