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COMMANDER // 1845–1931

Neville Lyttelton

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18451931

1850187519001925Second Boer War · 1899-1902Battle of Spion Kop — January 23, 1900 · United Kingdom · Second Boer War

Active service 19001 battle across 1 war; first command at age 55.

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General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, was a British Army officer from the Lyttelton family who served against the Fenian Raids, and in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Mahdist War and the Second Boer War. He was Chief of the General Staff at the time of the Haldane Reforms and then became Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.

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