LIEUT. GENERAL HENRY JOHN THORNTON HILDYARD

Approximate Image Size: 7 1/2 X 10 inches Approximate Overall Size: 10 X 14 inches

PARTIAL DESCRIPTION FROM THE BIOGRAPHY: LIEUT.-GENERAL H. J. T. HILDYARD, C.B. General Hildyard was born July 5th, 1846, and was originally destined for the Royal Navy, with which he served from September 13th, 1859, to November 28th, 1864, when he was gazetted to an Ensigncy in the 12th Regiment. Transferred on May 1st, 1867, to the 71st Highland Light Infantry, his Lieutenancy came to him on September 16th, 1868. He at once took up the duties of Adjutant, which he discharged until September 30th, 1875. He resigned this appointment in order to join the Staff College, which he entered in February, 1876, and passed from at the end of 1877. On October 28th, 1878, he was promoted to his Company in the Highland Light Infantry, and on August 6th, 1878, received his first staff appointment as Brigade Major at Cyprus, exchanging that position November 27th, 1878, for a similar one at Gibraltar, where he was stationed when the difficulty arose in Egypt in the summer of 1882, and necessitated the despatch of the Expedition under General Sir Garnet Wolseley. Captain Hildyard had obtained his Majority on May 6th, 1882, and it was in that rank he took the field as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, 1st Division. He was present in the eniyagernents at El-Magfar and Tel-el-Mahuta, at the action at Kassassin on September 9th, and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir; was mentioned in Despatches in the highest terms for zeal and ability, and, besides the medal with clasp, and bronze star, was promoted to a Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, and decorated with the 4th Class of the Osmanieh.

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