13 Facts About Alfred Gaselee

Alfred Gaselee entered Felsted School in 1853 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1861.

Alfred Gaselee was commissioned as an ensign into the 93rd regiment on 9 January 1863.

Alfred Gaselee was involved in the campaign on the North-West Frontier of India in that year.

Alfred Gaselee was promoted lieutenant on 11 October 1866, transferred to the Bengal staff corps, and joined the 4th Punjab infantry on 27 September 1867.

Alfred Gaselee went with the Indian force to Abyssinia, where he acted as assistant to the director-general of transport and was present at the capture of Magdala.

Alfred Gaselee was made a brevetted major on 2 March 1881.

Alfred Gaselee was promoted to major on 9 January 1883, and lieutenant-colonel on 9 January 1889, and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 19 November 1891.

Alfred Gaselee served in the Isazai expedition, the Waziristan field force, and the Tirah campaign.

Alfred Gaselee was nominally put in charge of the Alfred Gaselee Expedition because the Eight-Nation Alliance refused to the allow the Japanese general Yamaguchi Motomi to lead it, even though he was the highest-ranking officer present.

Alfred Gaselee was appointed to command the Lucknow district in Bengal in April 1901, but was granted an extended leave of office after his return home from China and did not take up the position until late 1902.

Alfred Gaselee was promoted lieutenant-general on 30 June 1903 on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Bengal Command and to full general on 30 June 1906.

Alfred Gaselee became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Army in India in 1907.

Alfred Gaselee retired in November 1908 and, having been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 25 June 1909, he died at his residence in Guildford on 29 March 1918.