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Henry Stanhope Sloman
Brigadier general, Brigadier General Henry Stanhope Sloman, Order of St Michael and St George, CMG, Distinguished Service Order, DSO (1861–1945) was a senior British Army officer during the World War I, First World War. Biography Born on 29 August 1861, Henry Stanhope Sloman was educated at Bedford School between 1869 and 1876 and at Sherborne School from 1876 until 1878. He received his first commission as a Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 10 May 1882, served during the Nile Expedition in 1885, and was promoted to Captain (BARM), captain on 20 November 1888. Seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1886, he took part in the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between 1897 and 1898. He was present at the battles of Battle of Atbara, Atbara (April 1898) and Battle of Omdurman, Omdurman (September 1898) and received the Order of the Medjidie, fourth class, and was twice mentioned in despatches. With the outbreak of the Second Boer Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archives Wales
Archives Wales is a web resource that allows cross-searching of Welsh archive collections. It was founded in 1995 as Archives Council Wales and was renamed to Archives and Records Council Wales (ARCW) in 2004. The archives are described at collection level only, although the ultimate intention is to allow for searching at item level. In July 2009, after a major refurbishment funded by CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, it was relaunched as Archives Wales, or Archifau Cymru in the Welsh language. The URL iArchives.Walesoarchifau.cymru Archives Wales forms part of the UK National Archives Network, a series of online catalogues which together cover local authority, HE and specialist archive repositories in all parts of the UK. The other key parts of the network are: A2A (Access to Archives, collections in English local record offices), AIM25 (Archives in the M25 area), The Archives Hub (Archives of UK HE and FE institutions), SCAN (Scottish Archives Network) Member org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |