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Robert Elwes

British Army officer; (1856–1881)

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About Robert Elwes

Lieutenant Robert Hamond Elwes was a British Army officer who was killed in action during the First Boer War. As a junior officer in the Grenadier Guards regiment, Elwes fought in the Battle of Laing's Nek where he died while leading a cavalry charge against Boer forces. His death was portrayed in Elizabeth Thompson's 1898 painting "Floreat Etona!".

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Born: 1856
Died: January 27, 1881

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