British Army general
Monument, Kensal Green Cemetery General Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford GCB British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary .
Military career
Horsford was born in Bath , the son of Maj.-Gen. George Horsford and Mary Ann Brocksopp.[ 3] Royal Military College, Sandhurst and commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1833.[ 4]
He served in the Cape Frontier War in 1847 and was Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Rifle Brigade during the 8th Xhosa War in 1852.[ 4]
He also served in the Crimean War and fought at the Battle of Alma , Battle of Inkerman , Battle of Balaklava and the early part of the Siege of Sevastopol .[ 4]
He served in the repression of the Indian Mutiny , having been made Commander of the 6th Brigade at the Capture of Lucknow .[ 5]
He was made Deputy Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters in 1860, a Brigade commander at Aldershot in 1866, Major-General on the General Staff at Malta in 1869 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in January 1872.[ 6] Military Secretary in 1874.[ 4]
In retirement he was involved in an accident when Frederick Gye , Manager of the Royal Italian Opera , was assisting Horsford over a fence. Horsford's gun went off and shot Gye in the eye.[ 7]
References
^ Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1914 ^ UK, Officer Service Records, 1764–1932 ^ Oliver, Vere Langford (1896). The History of the Island of Antigua: One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time . Retrieved 9 December 2024 . ^ a b c d "Horsford, Sir Alfred Hastings (1818–1885), army officer" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Retrieved 9 December 2024 .^ Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Page 132 ^ "Army Commands" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016 .^ General News Bruce Herald, 1879
