Bindon Blood
Sir Bindon Blood | |
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Buner Field Force Malakand Field Force | |
Battles/wars | North-West Frontier Anglo-Zulu War Second Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Egyptian War Mentioned in Despatches |
Military career
Bindon Blood was born near
The following year, 1883, Blood married Charlotte E. Colvin, second daughter of
Curzon incident
In 1902 General Blood clashed with the then Viceroy
Retirement
In November 1907 Blood retired to London, where he continued to lead a very active life. He was made colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers in 1914 and worked to recruit soldiers for the
Dedication
Winston Churchill, who served under Blood on the North-West Frontier in 1897, dedicated his first non-fiction book, The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898), to
Major-General Sir Bindon Blood, K.C.B., under whose command the operations therein recorded were carried out; by whose generalship they were brought to a successful conclusion; and to whose kindness the author is indebted for the most valuable and fascinating experience of his life.[9]
Arms
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References
- ISBN 978-0313292323.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
- ^ "No. 27310". The London Gazette. 3 May 1901. p. 3035.
- ^ "No. 27459". The London Gazette. 29 July 1902. pp. 4835–4837.
- ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 27387". The London Gazette. 13 December 1901. p. 8840.
- ISBN 0-333-41837-9.
- The Montreal Gazette. 17 May 1940. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Churchill, Winston L. Spencer (1898). The Story of the Malakand Field Force: an episode of frontier war. London, UK: Longmans, Green.
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. J". National Library of Ireland. 19 December 1898. p. 236. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
"Four Score Years and Ten" by Sir Bindon Blood.
ASIN B00086SHYC
Publisher G. Bell & Sons Ltd, First Edition (1 Jan 1933)
Language English
Hardcover 356 pages
External links
- Royal Engineers Museum Blood's Pontoon (1870–89)
- Royal Engineers Museum The Corps between the wars (1919–39)- General Blood's appointment to Chief Royal Engineer