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Robert Elwes
British Army officer (1856–1881) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the traveler and painter, see Robert Elwes (painter).
Lieutenant Robert Hamond Elwes (1856 – 28 January 1881) 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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Wood engraving published in The Illustrated London News, 30 April 1881