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Hace 3 días · The first governor-general was Lord Kitchener himself, but in 1899 his former aide, Sir Reginald Wingate, was appointed to succeed him. Wingate knew the Sudan well and, during his long tenure as governor-general (1899–1916), became devoted to its people and their prosperity.
Hace 4 días · The same forts and prison camps built by Tegart are still in use by Israel today. They brought in people from Ireland and other places in the Empire, like Sudan, where Wingate started, and where his father’s cousin, Reginald Wingate, had been Governor-General and an intelligence officer before that. Orde Wingate, a long-forgotten name.
Hace 5 días · In November 1914 Britain declared war on the Ottoman Empire and in December proclaimed a protectorate over Egypt, deposed ʿAbbās, and appointed his uncle, Ḥusayn Kāmil, with the title of sultan. Kitchener was succeeded by Sir Henry McMahon, and he by Sir Reginald Wingate, both with the title of high commissioner.
Hace 5 días · General Sir Reginald Wingate (1861-1953) had a military career largely in the Egyptian Army and was then Governor-General of the Sudan 1899-1916 and Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, and then High Commissioner of Egypt 1917-1919.
Hace 3 días · At its peak, Orde Wingate led fifty officers, twenty British NCOs, 800 trained Sudanese troops and 800 partially trained Ethiopian regulars. He had a few mortars, no artillery and no air support, only intermittent bombing sorties.
Hace 3 días · Trajeron gente de Irlanda y de otros lugares del Imperio, como Sudán, donde empezó Wingate, y donde el primo de su padre, Reginald Wingate, había sido antes Gobernador General y oficial de inteligencia. Orde Wingate, un nombre olvidado hace tiempo.
Hace 5 días · Military and naval factors in British West African history, 1823–74: being an examination of the organisation of British naval and military forces in West Africa, and their role in the struggle for the coast and the principal rivers. P.M. Mbaeyi.
