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In 1869 he married
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Wilsone Black's life is commemorated on a memorial tablet in
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in 1880, Assistant
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British military officer and colonial administrator
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250:Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
109:Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
159:military officer and colonial administrator.
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202:in 1877. He also served in the
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227:South Wales Borderers
196:24th Regiment of Foot
173:42nd Regiment of Foot
105:South Wales Borderers
51:5 July 1909 (aged 72)
255:He retired in 1899.
216:Battle of Isandlwana
192:6th Regiment of Foot
381:Government offices
194:in 1873 and to the
181:Siege of Sebastopol
407:Henry Arthur Blake
223:Commanding Officer
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371:Succeeded by
357:Sir George Barker
349:Military offices
221:He went on to be
148:Sir Wilsone Black
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430:1909 deaths
425:1837 births
231:Nova Scotia
185:Nova Scotia
119:Crimean War
419:Categories
368:1895–1898
289:References
279:Black Hill
248:He became
177:Crimea War
167:Black was
56:Allegiance
43:, Scotland
283:Hong Kong
245:in 1893.
235:Gibraltar
187:in 1867.
171:into the
206:and was
101:Commands
74:Service/
243:Belfast
239:Jamaica
225:of the
157:British
41:Glasgow
267:Memory
259:Family
133:Awards
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388:Sir
91:Rank
48:Died
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281:in
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