The History Chap Podcast
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The History Chap Podcast
61: Sir Evelyn Wood VC - The Indestructible General Trampled By A Giraffe
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Chris Green
Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC seemed to have more lives than a cat!
Shot twice, numerous riding accidents, bitten by a horse, attacked by a tiger, trampled by a giraffe.
Recipient of the the Victoria Cross and the French Legion of Honour.
He fought in the Crimean War, the Ashanti War, the Xhosa War, the Zulu War, the First Boer War, and in both Egypt and Sudan.
This is his incredible story.
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