| Ward | E W D | Colonel | Staff service: DAAG, Headquarters, Ireland, 1892-95; DAAG, Home District; Special Service, Ashanti, 1895-96; AAG, Natal, 1899. War service: Sudan Expedition 1885 (Despatches; medal with 2 clasps; bronze star; promoted Assistant Commandant-General); Ashanti Expedition 1895-96 (honorary mentioned; star); Boer War, 1899-1900; on Staff. This remarkable officer, born in 1853, who was one of the prime actors in the gallant defence of Ladysmith, was the son of Captain J Ward, RN.
Source: List of KCB recipients. Various sources | Staff |
| Wilson | Mildmay W | Major General | Born at Rauceby, July 13,1847, and is the eldest son of Anthony Wilson, formerly MP for S Lincolnshire. He was educated at Eton, and served in the Nile Expedition in 1885, and as Major General commanding the district west of Johannesburg in the Boer War.
Source: List of KCB recipients. Various sources | Staff |
| Wood | Elliott | Colonel | Born in 1844. He entered the Royal Engineers in 1864, serving with them during the Egyptian War in 1882; present at the actions at Kassassin and Tel el Kebir; the Sudan Expedition in 1884, being attached to the Intelligence Department, and participating in the victories at El Teb and Tamai. During the following year he saw further fighting in the Sudan at Suakim, Hasheen and Tofrek. He also served in the Boer War in 1899-1902, in command of the RE (KCB, QSA and five clasps, KSA and two clasps).
Source: List of KCB recipients. Various sources | Staff |
| Wools-Sampson | A | Colonel | In the early 'seventies, at the age of fifteen, he shouldered a rifle in the Diamond Fields Reverendolt, led by the Fenian Aylward, who singled out young Sampson as one who did not know what fear meant. In 1896 he was one of the two Reform prisoners who, rather than join in the petition to the Executive, elected to complete their terms of imprisonment in Pretoria gaol. He founded the Imperial Light Horse at the beginning of the Boer War, through which he served from 1899 to 1902, participating in the operations in Natal, including the action at Elandslaagte, and doing further excellent service, especially on the Intelligence Staff. He was severely wounded at Elandslaagte, and was several times mentioned in despatches. He has been since March 19, 1903, Hon Colonel of the Right Wing of the ILH, with hon. rank in the British Army (dating from June 26, 1902); was made CB, November 29, 1900, and KCB, June 26, 1902. At the conclusion of the War he joined Major Mullins, VC, in a partnership as financial and estate agents in Johannesburg.
Source: List of KCB recipients. Various sources | Imperial Light Horse |
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