Inkerman Tusk greatly contributed to the success of the day. It was during the trying winter of 1854–55 that England chiefly distinguished himself. He suffered the greatest privations with his troops, but yet he never applied to come home and was the last of the original general officers who had accompanied the army to the Crimea to leave it. Before he did return, he directed the attack on the Redan on 18 June 1855, and it was not his fault that the result of that day's hard fighting was not a great success. In August 1855 he was, however, obliged to obey the doctor's orders and return to England. For his services he was promoted lieutenant general, and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, a grand officer of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, and a knight of the first class of the Order of the Medjidie. England never again saw active service. He was made colonel of the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment in 1854 and transferred as colonel to the 41st Regiment of Foot on 20 April 1861. he was promoted full general on 6 July 1863, and placed on the retired list in 1877. He died at St. Margaret's, Titchfield, Hampshire, on 19 January 1883. References 1793 births 1883 deaths 41st Regiment of Foot officers British Army generals British Army personnel of the Crimean War British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars British military personnel of the First Anglo-Afghan War Graduates of the Royal Military College, Great Marlow Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath People educated at Winchester College People from British Detroit Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class Suffolk Regiment officers West Yorkshire Regiment officers