Field Marshal Sir W. Gomm, K.C.B., Constable of the Tower [of London], 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Maull and Co. 'Sir William Maynard Gomm, G.C.B.,...is eighty-eight years old...Altogether he has seen seventy-eight years' service...He is Colonel-in-Chief of the Coldstream Guards...Sir William Gomm's active service has been considerable. He served in the expedition to the Helder in 1799...He was on duty on the coast of France in 1800; in Hanover in 1805; in the expedition to Stralsund and the siege of Copenhagen in 1807; the Peninsular campaigns of 1808-9..., the expedition to Walcheren and the siege of Flushing in 1809. In 1810 he proceeded again to the Peninsula, where he served on the staff of the Quartermaster-General during the remainder of the war...He served also through the campaign of 1815, and was present at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo as Quartermaster General of the fifth division. Sir William was commander of the forces, Lieutenant-Governor, and member of council in Jamaica, in 1840-1; commanded the northern district in England in 1842; was governor and commander-in-chief of the Mauritius from 1843 to 1849. Subsequently, from 1851 to 1855, he was commander-in-chief in India'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.
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