Josceline Wodehouse
British Army general
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| Intro | British Army general | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Military personnel | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 17 July 1852 | |
| Death | 16 January 1930 (aged 77 years) |
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Biography
General Sir Josceline Heneage Wodehouse GCB CMG (17 July 1852 – 16 January 1930) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Born the elder son of Vice-Admiral George Wodehouse and educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Wodehouse was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1873. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.
He became Commandant of the Frontier Field Force in Egypt in 1888. He was made Commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Malakand Field Force during the Siege of Malakand in 1897 and appointed General Officer Commanding the Presidency District of Bengal in 1898.
He went on to be Governor of Bermuda in 1907 and General Officer Commanding the Northern Army in India in 1908.
Family
In 1885 he married Constance D'Aguilar and in 1901 he married Mary Joyce Wilmot-Sitwell.