Herbert Stewart

Sir Herbert Stewart
Engraving in The Illustrated London News, February 1885
Born30 June 1843
Sparsholt, Hampshire, UK
Died16 February 1885 (aged 41)
Near Jakdul, Sudan
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1863-1885
RankMajor General
CommandsGordon relief expedition
Battles / warsAnglo-Zulu War
First Boer War
Mahdist War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Order of Saint Sava[1]

Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart KCB ADC (30 June 1843 – 16 February 1885) was a British Army officer and English first-class cricketer.

He was mortally wounded leading one of the columns to relieve the Siege of Khartoum during the Mahdist War

  1. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 596.