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Waller Ashe
1840–1893
A former cavalry officer turned military writer, he is best remembered for vivid firsthand-era accounts of the Zulu and Afghan campaigns. His books bring together soldiers’ reports, practical detail, and the pace of 19th-century war reporting.
1 Audiobook
The Story of the Zulu Campaign
by Waller Ashe, Edmund Verney Wyatt-Edgell
About the author
Best known as Major Ashe, he wrote military history rooted in his own army background. Contemporary editions of The Story of the Zulu Campaign describe him as a former officer of the King's Dragoon Guards and also credit him with The Military Institutions of France.
His most notable books include The Story of the Zulu Campaign (1880), published with Edmund Verney Wyatt-Edgell, and Personal Records of the Kandahar Campaign (1881), which he edited and annotated. Later descriptions of the Zulu book note that Ashe drew on letters, journals, and sketches sent by officers in the field, helping give the narrative its close-up, soldier's-eye feel.
Available records place his life from 1840 to 1893, and a burial record summarized online identifies him as Major Waller Ashe, buried in Putney in March 1893. Even with only a small surviving public trail, his work remains useful to readers interested in Victorian military history and campaign narratives.