LORD GRENFELL DEAD
A DISTINGULSHED SOLDIER. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON. January 27. Obituary: Lord Grenfell. Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell, was 84 years of age. He entered the 60th Rifles in 1859. He served in the Kaffir War, Zulu War, and the Egyptian expedition, 1882. He was Sirdar of the Egyptian army from 1892 to 1895, and commanded the forces at Siiakin in 1889. In 1894 he was appointed Inspector-General of Auxiliary Forces to the War Office. He commanded the forces in Egypt during the Khartum expedition, 1897-98. His last official post was that of Commander-in-Chief in Ireland from 1904 to 1908.
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Southland Times, Issue 19462, 29 January 1925, Page 6
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