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General Sir D. E. Wood, G.C.B., Colonel-Commandant, R.H.A., whose death 
occurred at Park Lodge, Sunningdale, on 16th October, 1894, joined the Regiment 
as 2nd Lieutenant, 18th December, 1829 ; became Lieutenant, 20th June, 1831; 
2nd Captain, 23rd November, 1841 ; Captain, 9th November, 1846 ; Brevet- 
Major, 20th June, 1854; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20th June, 1854; Colonel, 2nd 
November, 1855; Major-General, 6th July, 1867; Colonel-Commandant, 8th June, 
1876 ; Lieutenant-General, 26th November, 1876 ; and General, 1st October, 
1877. Sir David Wood served in the Kaffir War of 1842-3, and commanded the 
Royal Artillery on the Eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope (medal). The 
Crimean Campaign, 1854-5 ; commanded the Royal Artillery, of the 4th Division, 
at the battles of Balaklava and Inkerman, at the repulse of the sortie on 26th 
October, 1854, and at the siege and fall of Sevastopol. (Mentioned in Despatches, 
London Gazette , 2nd December, 1854; medal with three clasps, Brevet of 
Colonel, C.B., Officer of Legion of Honour, 4th Class of Medjidie, Turkish 
Medal). Indian Mutiny, 1857-9.—Action at Pandora, commanded the R.H.A. 
when they acted as Cavalry, and charged and defeated a large force of rebel 
Sepoys, Siege of Lucknow and final capture of the town, and subsequently com¬ 
manded the Station and Port of Allahabad. (Mentioned in Despatches, Jjondon 
Gazette , 3rd March, 25th Mav, and 17th September, 1858. Medal with clasp, 
K.C.B). 
