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Major General Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate
Ensign 7th April 1865 from the 56th Fusiliers in India. Served with
the Regiment in Abyssinia in 1868. The Ashantee War 1873-74, Zulu War,
1879, Commanding the 1st Battalion King’s Own between 1893 and 1897, and
then in 1898 was in Sierra Leone.
Major General 13th November 1899 to command the 9th Brigade in South
African War. The 9th Brigade landed at Durban with the goal of the
Relief of Ladysmith.
Mortally wounded on 24th January 1900 on Spion Kop and died two months
later.
 | Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - 1 Jan 1868 to 4 Dec 1868
including the Abyssinian Campaign
Accession Number: KO2580/01 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - Military Diary 1873-74
Ashanti War 4 Oct 1873 to 1 Apr 1874
Accession Number: KO2580/02 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - Military Diary 1878-79
Zulu War 24 Jun 1878 to 8 Oct 1878
Accession Number: KO2580/03 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - Military Diary 1 Jan 1879
to 5 May 1879
Accession Number: KO2580/04 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - Ordinary Diary 28 Jan 1879
to 30 Dec 1879
Accession Number: KO2580/05 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - 1 Jan 1898 to 31 Dec 1898
This diary covers his departure from Liverpool on 9th April 1898.
He arrived in Sierra Leone on 25th April 1898 where he remained until
19th September, during the Hut Tax War, when he went to the Canary
Islands. He returned to Sierra Leone on 28th October 1898.
Accession Number: KO2580/06 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - 1 Jan 1899 to 31 Dec 1899
Accession Number: KO2580/07 |
| Diary of Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate - 1 Jan 1900 to 16 Jan 1900
(The final diary)
Accession Number: KO2580/08 |
| mall envelope marked ‘Relic from Abyssinian Expedition’ containing a
small piece of paper with ‘Hair of Theodore, King of Abyssinia’ written
on and contents of which are the said to be the hair of Emperor
Theodore.
Accession Number: KO2580/09 |
| Paper cover to G M Woodgate covering the last letter written by
General E R P Woodgate, Jan 1900
Accession Number: KO2580/10 |
| Letter dated 23 Jan 1900 from Sir Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate,
Spion Kop, Natal.
Accession Number: KO2580/11a |
| Letter dated 23 Jan 1900 from Sir Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate,
Spion Kop, Natal.
Accession Number: KO2580/11b |
| Letter dated 23 Jan 1900 from Sir Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate,
Spion Kop, Natal.
Accession Number: KO2580/11c |
| Photo: The funeral of Major General Sir Edward Robert Prevost
Woodgate, Mar 1900
Accession Number: KO2580/12 |
| Envelope to Colonel Woodgate CB, Commander Troops Kwala
Accession Number: KO2580/13 |
| Letter from OC Troops Bowya
Accession Number: KO2580/14 |
| Letter from Lieutenant Green to OC Troops Kwala 24 May 1898
Accession Number: KO2580/15 |
| Letter from Captain Birley, Adjutant, 6th King’s Own re the death of
Major Sandbach who fell at Gallipoli who had been one of General
Woodgate’s officers.
Major William Sandbach, 6th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment, killed in action 10th August 1915 (Turkish attack, Sari Bair,
Gallipoli) Joined King’s Own from Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regiment) on 20th January 1886 as Lieutenant. Promoted Captain in 1895
and Served in the South African War and was wounded at Spion Kop. Left
the King’s Own in 1903, to return during the Great War.
Accession Number: KO2580/16 |
| An Account written during the Ashantee Expedition 1873 by the late
General Sir E R P Woodgate, when a Lieutenant in the King's Own.
Dated 15th October 1873. 11 handwritten pages.
Accession Number: KOLIB137 |
