SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM EDWARD FORESTIER-WALKER, K.C.B., C.M.G,Antique Portrait Lithograph,Celebrities of the army
SIR FREDERICK W. E. F. FORESTIER-WALKER
Approximate Image Size: 7 1/2 X 10 inches
Approximate Overall Size: 10 X 14 inches
Short Biography: Excerpt from the descriptive: SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM EDWARD FORESTIER-WALKER, K.C.B., C.M.G., belongs to that useful type of General officer who, while falling short of the highest distinction, has done admirable work and may be expected to keep on doing it in every responsible post to which he may happen to be called. - From 1869 to 1873 he was adjutant of his regiment, and from 1873 to 1879 was on the Staff at the Cape of Good Hope, first as Assistant Military Secretary and subsequently on special duty. During this period he served in the Expedition to Griqualand West in 1875, and in the South African War of 1878-79. He was through both the Kaffir and Zulu campaigns, was present at the battle of Inyezane and the occupation of Eshowe, and was rewarded with two mentions in Despatches and a C.B
VERY GOOD CONDITION. Printed on heavier textured-glossy type paper. The colors are very bright and clean It does have text on reverse side (doesn't show through the heavier textured type paper) which is a write up relating to the portrait. A great Genealogy collectible item.
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