Excerpt from The Life of Sir Stanley Maude: Lieutenant-General, K. C. B., C. M. G., D. S. O Origin of the Maude family - The lrish Maudes - General Sir F. F. Maude, V.C., the father of Sir Stanley Maude - His services in the Mahratta, Crimean and Afghan Wars - The boy hood of Maude - His bent for soldiering - His life at Eton Cornish's House - Athletic and boating successes - Tributes from old schoolfellows - His preparation for the Service - His time at Sandhurst. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.