Buller, SIR REDVERS HENRY

Buller, SIR REDVERS HENRY, born in 1839, entered the army in 1858. He served in China (1860), the Red River expedition (1870), the Ashanti (1874) and Kaffir (1878) wars, the Zulu war (1878-79, where he won the V.C.), and the Egyptian war. He was made C.B. in 1874, K.C.M.G. 1882, K.C.B. 1885, lieutenant-general and G.C.B. in 1898. In 1898 he had the chief command at Aldershot, and was sent to South Africa as commander-in-chief in 1899, but on the arrival of Lord Roberts he assumed the divisional command in Natal, where, after very severe fighting, he succeeded in raising the siege of Ladysmith.