British Army general
Monument, Kensal Green Cemetery
General Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford GCB (1818 – 13 September 1885) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary .
Military career
Born in Bath and educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst , Horsford was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1833.[ 1]
He served in the Cape Frontier War in 1847 and was Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Rifle Brigade during the 8th Xhosa War in 1852.[ 1]
He also served in the Crimean War and fought at the Battle of Alma , Battle of Inkerman , Battle of Balaklava and the early part of the Siege of Sevastopol .[ 1]
He served in the repression of the Indian Mutiny , having been made Commander of the 6th Brigade at the Capture of Lucknow .[ 2]
He was made Deputy Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters in 1860, a Brigade commander at Aldershot in 1866, Major-General on the General Staff at Malta in 1869 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in January 1872.[ 3] He went on to be Military Secretary in 1874.[ 1]
In retirement he was involved in an accident when Frederick Gye , Manager of the Royal Italian Opera , was assisting Horsford over a fence. Horsford's gun went off and shot Gye in the eye.[ 4]
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