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| Major General William Earle |
Major-General William Earle, CB, CSI - General Staff -
Killed at Kirbekan 10th February 1885
Commissioned 49th Foot, 1851. Served Crimea (49th Foot.
Medal, 3 clasps, Turkish and Sardinian Medals, Turkish
Order of Medjidie, MID). Egypt 1882 (MID twice, CB,
Medal & clasp, Khedive's star, Order of Medjidie 2nd
class).
Buried under a palm tree on the field of battle.
Earle was the only son of Sir Hardman Earle (1792-1877)
1st Bart.
He married Mary Codrington in 1864 and fathered two
daughters (Rachel and Grace)
In the rush to cash in on the public's demand for images
of General Earle after his death in the Sudan, the
company that put out this cdv took Earle's head, probably
from a competitor's photo, and pasted it on the body of
another officer in order to make their own photo. Note
that the individual whose body they used was wearing the
Victoria Cross which General Earle was not entitled to.
Killed at Kirbekan 10th February 1885
Commissioned 49th Foot, 1851. Served Crimea (49th Foot.
Medal, 3 clasps, Turkish and Sardinian Medals, Turkish
Order of Medjidie, MID). Egypt 1882 (MID twice, CB,
Medal & clasp, Khedive's star, Order of Medjidie 2nd
class).
Buried under a palm tree on the field of battle.
Earle was the only son of Sir Hardman Earle (1792-1877)
1st Bart.
He married Mary Codrington in 1864 and fathered two
daughters (Rachel and Grace)
In the rush to cash in on the public's demand for images
of General Earle after his death in the Sudan, the
company that put out this cdv took Earle's head, probably
from a competitor's photo, and pasted it on the body of
another officer in order to make their own photo. Note
that the individual whose body they used was wearing the
Victoria Cross which General Earle was not entitled to.