The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Portrait of William Burton Tylden, British Army officer of the Royal Engineers who served for 43 years. '...he served at Gibraltar and in Sicily and was Commanding Engineer at the siege and capture of Fort Santa Maria, and in the action before Genoa, under Lord William Bentinck, for which eminent service, he received Brevet promotion. During the campaign of 1815, in Belgium and France, he commanded the Pontoon Train; was present at the taking of Paris, and was with the Army of Occupation....was Commanding Engineer at the battle of the Alma, and was comm
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The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Portrait of William Burton Tylden, British Army officer of the Royal Engineers who served for 43 years. '...he served at Gibraltar and in Sicily and was Commanding Engineer at the siege and capture of Fort Santa Maria, and in the action before Genoa, under Lord William Bentinck, for which eminent service, he received Brevet promotion. During the campaign of 1815, in Belgium and France, he commanded the Pontoon Train; was present at the taking of Paris, and was with the Army of Occupation....was Commanding Engineer at the battle of the Alma, and was commended in Lord Raglan's despatch...[he] died a few days after a brilliant victory, from an attack of cholera'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.