OBITUARY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 15 January 1912, Page 8

OBITUARY.

SIR FREDERICK MAURICE,

[PBESS ASSOCIATION-!

LONDON, Jata. 13. The death is ■.■reported- of MajorGeneral Sir Frederick Maurice.

[Sir JobJa. ..Frederick Maurice, X.C.8., was .bom ttt London on May 24th, J841. / 7:?^^Hras.^dtfoatedi-at Addiscombe p6fleg^ ' -:and Woolwich Academy. ../,Hgiy^as commissioned tfi the Royal Army in 1861, and -passed through the Staff College in 1870. He was private secretary to Sir Garnet Wolseley in the- Ashanti campaign of 1873-4, and'tvas mentioned in despatches in 187^ and received a medal with clasps. He was in South .Africa in 1879, through jfclte Zulu campaign in 1880, was severely wounded in the operations agaiasfc, Sekukuni, was appointed Bi^vet^-Major in 1880, was in the Egyptian, campaign of 1882, and took part . iri'tiie battles of Kassass.in and Tel-el-itejbirV #^1 was appointed Brevet-Lieutri-Opioitei. From 1885 to 1892 lie r; of Military History to the l^t.dff, Colfege, amd was. appointed to the'command at Colchester in 1893-95. He received the rank of Major-General in 1895, and was in command of the Woolwich district from that year, to 1902. He published many. bWks on war topics, including (tTh&'.' |>iary of Sir John Moore."] - ■■■■;•." - •■■*■•