MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY HALLAM PARR

352 pp. Original blue cloth. Blind embossed title to cover. Gold emboss to spine. Corners bumped and small tear to spine end. Uncut edges.Bookplate of previous owner on FEP.
Portrait frontispiece. 14 b/w photographs. A few light foxing marks. Binding showing but holding. 

Educated at Twyford School, Hallam Parr was commissioned as an ensign in the 13th Regiment of Foot on 8 September 1865. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, in the First Boer War in 1881 and in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882. He also saw action at the Battle of Tamai in March 1884 and took part in the Nile Expedition later that year during the Mahdist War.He served as adjutant-general to Lord Grenfell, in his capacity as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, in the late 1880s. He became Commander, Shorncliffe Garrison, in July 1898, General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in October 1899 and General Officer Commanding North-Western District in May 1902; he retired in November 1903. He was colonel of the Somerset Light Infantry from May 1910 until his death in 1914.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hallam_Parr