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Field Marshal

Sir Alexander Woodford

GCB, KCMG
Sir Alexander Woodford
Born15 June 1782
Welbeck Street, London
Died26 August 1870 (aged 88)
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
Buried
Kensal Green Cemetery
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1794–1843
RankField Marshal
Commands held1st battalion Coldstream Guards
2nd battalion Coldstream Guards
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford, GCB, KCMG (15 June 1782 – 26 August 1870), was a British Army officer. After taking part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, he served in most of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars. During the Hundred Days he commanded the 2nd battalion of the Coldstream Guards at the Battle of Quatre Bras, the Battle of Waterloo and the storming of Cambrai. He went on to become lieutenant governor and brigade commander at Malta, lieutenant governor and brigade commander at Corfu and then commander of the British garrison on the Ionian Islands before being appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar.

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