Granville Waddilove

Granville Waddilove was born in Dorset in 1832. He studied Military Science at King’s for two years from 1850-1852, then joined the 47th Foot. This began a twenty-five year career in which he rose through the ranks to lieutenant-colonel, serving in Malta, Turkey, Crimea, Gibraltar, Canada, Nova Scotia, and the West Indies. In Crimea, he was wounded at the battle of Inkerman and received a medal for his role in the siege of Sebastopol.