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HERBERT STEWART

Sir Herbert Stewart was a British soldier. He was born in 1843 and died in 1885. Educated at Winchester, he entered the army in 1863, served in India and took part in the Zulu War of 1879. In the Boer War of 1881 he was taken prisoner at Majuba, and afterwards served in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, being made a KCB in 1884. In the Nile Expedition for the relief of general Charles Gordon he led a column across the desert and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Abu Klea.
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