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General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, VC, GCB, GCMG (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
- Holy Cross Churchyard, Crediton
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- 1858–1901
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Redvers Buller (1839-1908) fue un general británico cuya carrera militar comenzó en China y posteriormente tomó parte en la represión de la rebelión de "Río Rojo" en Canadá (1870). En África, luchó en las guerras de Kafir y Zulú (1878-79), en la guerra anglo-bóer de 1881, y en Sudán (1884-85).
At dawn on 28 March 1879 Buller’s force began to make its way up the eastern slope of Hlobane. What neither Wood nor Buller knew was that a Zulu army of 20,000 men was approaching en route for Khambula. As soon as this was sighted Buller had no option but to withdraw. By this time his path up the mountain was back in Zulu hands and he was ...
Redvers Buller (1839-1908) fue un general británico cuya carrera militar comenzó en China y posteriormente tomó parte en la represión de la rebelión de "Río Rojo" en Canadá (1870). En África, luchó en las guerras de Kafir y Zulú (1878-79), en la guerra anglo-bóer de 1881, y en Sudán (1884-85).
General Sir Redvers Buller's troops crossing the Tugela to relieve Ladysmith, February 1900. Origins. The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain's desire to unite the British South African territories of Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal).
2 de jun. de 2014 · 2-3 minute read. By The Findmypast Team | June 2, 2014. General Redvers Buller was born into a prominent Devonshire family and decorated with the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions in the Zulu War. His distinguished career came to an abrupt end after military failings in South Africa.
SIR REDVERS BULLER. 113 With this exception, Sir Redvers Buller has (so far) lived a charmed life; with all his reckless daring in so many most dangerous campaigns, he has never been seriously wounded. His eminence as a soldier and the entrancing nature of his military responsibilities have never killed or even scotched the
