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Frank Rhodes (British Army officer)

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133: 113: 33: 395:, he distinguished himself when he had several horses shot from under him in the course of the engagement. In September 1885 he was promoted to major and in December he was granted the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel for his service in the Sudan. He was awarded several medals and clasps, including the Distinguished Service Order in 1891. 465:
and other leaders of the committee were sentenced to death in April 1896. This was later commuted to 15 years' imprisonment, and in June 1896, all members of the committee were released on payment of a heavy fine. As a punishment for his support of Jameson the British Army placed Rhodes on the
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Rhodes was seconded from the 1st Dragoons for service on the staff in 1886 and was promoted to colonel in 1889. He served as military secretary to the Governor of Bombay
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on 2 September he was shot and severely wounded in the right arm. For his services during that campaign he was restored to the army active list. During the
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Trained as a soldier from his youth, he participated in a considerable amount of conflict in different parts of the world. After graduating from the
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retired list and barred him from active involvement in army business. After his release from jail, he immediately joined his brother Cecil and the
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for 23 years. In 1875 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1884 to captain. As aide-de-camp to Sir
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was perhaps the most trying event in Rhodes's career. He was a leading member of the
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and as the appointed military member of the council of four in the government of
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in December 1895, the members of the Reform Committee were charged with
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With the death of his brother Cecil in 1902, Frank took possession of
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from 1890 to 1893, and in 1893 he was chief of staff on Sir
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British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
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He was placed on the half-pay list in 1894. 1011:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order 437:, attempting to liberalise the government of 8: 1086:Prisoners sentenced to death by South Africa 356:as a sub-lieutenant in 1873 and served the 931: 31: 20: 1001:British Army personnel of the Mahdist War 531: 991:Military personnel from Hertfordshire 7: 1076:English prisoners sentenced to death 383:, and was present at the battles of 1096:20th-century British Army personnel 1016:Companions of the Order of the Bath 898:. 25 September 1903. p. 5916. 800:. 13 September 1898. p. 5434. 782:. 29 September 1896. p. 5380. 746:. 19 September 1893. p. 5330. 710:. 24 September 1889. p. 5098. 638:. 18 September 1885. p. 4386. 376:in the abortive effort to relieve 260:British South Africa Company Medal 14: 1046:People of the Second Matabele War 912:Cecil Rhodes: a study of a career 602:. 14 November 1884. p. 4892. 350:Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1071:English people imprisoned abroad 923:The Truth About the Jameson Raid 656:. 8 December 1885. p. 5937. 131: 111: 1026:People educated at Eton College 996:1st The Royal Dragoons officers 620:. 30 January 1885. p. 431. 584:. 13 August 1875. p. 4072. 1036:People from Bishop's Stortford 836:. 19 April 1901. p. 2696. 818:. 16 April 1901. p. 2604. 566:. 22 April 1873. p. 2043. 101:Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe 1: 1041:People of the Second Boer War 728:. 17 June 1890. p. 3364. 548:. 23 July 1889. p. 3951. 764:. 5 June 1894. p. 3256. 692:. 13 May 1887. p. 2641. 674:. 30 May 1891. p. 2922. 468:British South Africa Company 305:Reform Committee (Transvaal) 920:Hammond, John Hays (1918). 248:Distinguished Service Order 1112: 848:"Will of Mr. Cecil Rhodes" 954: 944: 939: 934: 926:. Boston: Marshall Jones. 364:, he participated in the 30: 915:. W. Blackwood and Sons. 909:Hensman, Howard (1901). 503:and participated in the 75:, Hertfordshire, England 1056:Transvaal Colony people 958:Patrick William Forbes 481:'s Nile expedition as 325:Francis William Rhodes 46:Francis William Rhodes 1051:Rhodesian politicians 986:British Army colonels 479:Sir Herbert Kitchener 420:Leander Starr Jameson 404:Gerald Herbert Portal 381:Charles George Gordon 271:Order of the Medjidie 145:Years of service 1091:Europeans cricketers 352:, he joined the 1st 148:1873–1896; 1899–1903 472:Second Matabele War 214:Second Matabele War 1066:English cricketers 935:Political offices 896:The London Gazette 852:The New York Times 834:The London Gazette 816:The London Gazette 798:The London Gazette 780:The London Gazette 762:The London Gazette 744:The London Gazette 726:The London Gazette 708:The London Gazette 690:The London Gazette 672:The London Gazette 654:The London Gazette 636:The London Gazette 618:The London Gazette 600:The London Gazette 582:The London Gazette 564:The London Gazette 545:The London Gazette 505:relief of Mafeking 501:Siege of Ladysmith 493:Battle of Omdurman 477:In 1898 he joined 439:Transvaal Republic 393:Battle of Abu Klea 368:, accompanied the 230:Relief of Mafeking 225:Siege of Ladysmith 207:Battle of Omdurman 202:Battle of Abu Klea 192:Battle of Khartoum 73:Bishop's Stortford 964: 963: 955:Succeeded by 946:Administrator of 880:on 27 March 2009. 509:Order of the Bath 483:war correspondent 463:Douglas Gilfillan 459:John Hays Hammond 445:on behalf of the 319: 318: 311:War correspondent 297:Administrator of 266:Order of the Bath 187:Battles of El Teb 83:21 September 1905 37:Col. 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Index


Bishop's Stortford
Cape Colony
United Kingdom
British Army
Colonel
Royal Dragoons
Sudan Campaign
Battles of El Teb
Battle of Khartoum
Battle of Tamai
Battle of Abu Klea
Battle of Omdurman
Second Matabele War
Second Boer War
Siege of Ladysmith
Relief of Mafeking
Distinguished Service Order
Khedive's Star
British South Africa Company Medal
Order of the Bath
Order of the Medjidie
Cecil Rhodes
Mashonaland
Reform Committee (Transvaal)
War correspondent
Colonel
CB
DSO
Cecil

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