Editing Redvers Buller (section)

{{short description|British Army general and recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir Redvers Buller
|image= VCRedversHenryBuller.jpg
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|alt= 
|caption= 
|nickname= 
|birth_date= {{Birth date|df=yes|1839|12|07}}
|birth_place= [[Crediton]], [[Devon]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1908|06|02|1839|12|07}}
|death_place= Crediton, Devon
|placeofburial= Holy Cross Churchyard, Crediton
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]]
|serviceyears= 1858–1901
|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
|unit= [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]]
|commands= [[Aldershot Command]]<br />[[Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa|British Forces in South Africa]]<br />[[Adjutant-General to the Forces]]<br />[[Quartermaster-General to the Forces]]
|battles= 
[[Second Anglo-Chinese War]]<br />[[Anglo-Ashanti wars]]<br />[[Xhosa Wars]]<br />[[Anglo-Zulu War]]<br />[[First Boer War]]<br />[[Anglo-Egyptian War]]<br />[[Mahdist War]]<br />[[Second Boer War]]
|awards= {{Plain list|
* [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]
* [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
}}
|relations= 
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}}

[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Redvers Henry Buller''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|VC|GCB|GCMG}} (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a [[British Army]] officer and a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. He served as [[Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa]] during the early months of the [[Second Boer War]] and subsequently commanded the army in [[Colony of Natal|Natal]] until his return to England in November 1900.