General killed by train (1921)

Post date: Oct 22, 2013 9:55:38 PM

Extract from Kalgoorlie Miner of 18 June 1921

The body of Gen. Sir. George Benjamin Wolseley, of the Thatched Cottage, Wateringbury, Kent, brother of the late Field-Marshal Lord Wolseley, was found on the railway line between Wateringbury and Teston on May 11, near a disused crossing. The aged general was taking a stroll before breakfast, and it is thought that while mounting a gate he became giddy, fell, and was caught by a passing train and instantly killed. The spot where the body was found is close to where  Gen. Luard committed suicide in September, 1908, three weeks after his wife had been found murdered in the bungalow at Seal Chart, Sevenoaks. 

Gen. Wolseley, who was 81 years of age, was the son of the late Major Garnet J. Wolseley. Joining the Cheshire Regiment in 1857, he had a distinguished military career serving through the Indian Mutiny. He acted for a period as A.D.O. to Queen Victoria. Sir George married a daughter of Mr.W. Andrews, who died in 1909.

The Thatched Cottage referred to above is The Thatched House at the junction of Mill Lane and Tonbridge Road.