George White (British Army officer)

Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO was an officer of the British Army. He was stationed at Peshawar during the Indian Mutiny and then fought at the Battle of Charasiab in October 1879 and at the Battle of Kandahar in September 1880 during the Second AngloAfghan War. For his bravery during these two battles, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He went on to command a brigade during the Third AngloBurmese War in 1886 and became commander of Quetta District in 1889 in which role he led operations in the Zhob Valley and in Balochistan. He was commander of the forces in Natal at the opening of the Second Boer War and fought at the Battle of Elandslaagte in October 1899. He commanded the garrison at the Siege of Ladysmith although instructed by General Sir Redvers Buller to surrender the garrison he responded I hold Ladysmith for the Queen and held out for another four months before being relieved in February 1900. He finished his career as Governor of

White was born at Low Rock Castle, Portstewart, County Londonderry. He was the son of James Robert White of Whitehall, Broughshane, County Antrim, and Frances Ann Stewart , SurgeonGeneral to the British Forces in Ireland, and his wife Frances Stewart of Killymoon Castle. He was educated at Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire and later at King Williams College on the Isle of Man and then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned as an ensign in the 27th Regiment of Foot onNovember 1853.

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