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Died
  
5 July 1909 (aged 72)

Name
  
Wilsone Black

Rank
  
Major-General

Service/branch
  
British Army

Allegiance
  

Commands held
  
South Wales BorderersCommander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong

Battles/wars
  
Crimean War9th Xhosa WarAnglo-Zulu War

Major-General Sir Wilsone Black KCB (10 February 1837 – 5 July 1909) was a British military officer and colonial administrator.

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Military career

Black was commissioned into the 42nd Regiment of Foot in 1854. He served in the Crimea War from 1855 and was present at the Siege of Sebastopol. He was appointed a Brigade Major in Nova Scotia in 1867.

He transferred to the 6th Regiment of Foot in 1873 and to the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1875. He served in the 9th Xhosa War in 1877. Hee also served in the Anglo-Zulu War and was mentioned in despatches in 1879. He recovered the Colours of the 1st Bn of the 24th regiment which had been lost in the Buffalo River after the Battle of Isandlwana.

He went on to be Commanding Officer of the South Wales Borderers in 1880, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General in Nova Scotia in 1882, Assistant Adjutant General in Gibraltar in 1887, Commander of the Troops in Jamaica in 1891 and Commander in Belfast in 1893.

He became Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong in 1895 and was Acting Administrator in Hong Kong for a short period between February to November 1898.

He retired in 1899. His life is commemorated on a memorial tablet in Brecon Cathedral.

Family

In 1869 he married Florence Maud Ross; they had one daughter.

References

Wilsone Black Wikipedia


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