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Royal Horse Guards.
The Royal Arms. " Dettingen ','." Peninsula " "Wateeloo '
[Windsor,
' Tel-el-Kebib."
Egtpi 1882'
Colonel-in-Chief.— Field Marshal His Eoyul Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall,
KG. KT. KP. GMB. GCSI. GCMG. GCIE. GCVO. 29 May 80.
Colonel.— St. Hon. Garnet Joseph, Viscount Wolseley, 1 KP. GCB. GCMG. Commander in Chief; Ensign,
12 March 52; Lieut. 16 May 53; Captain, 26 Jan. 55; Bt. Major, 24 Mar. 58; Bt.Lt. Colonel, 26 Apr.
5q; Major, 15 Feb. 61 j Colonel, 5 June 65 ; Major General, 6 Mar. 68 ; Lt. General, 25 Mar. 78 ; General,
18 Nov. 82 ; Field Marshal, 26 May 94 ; Colonel Royal Horse Guards, 29 Mar. 95.
Lieutenant Colonel.— John Fielden Brocklehurst,* MVO. it. 2 Dee. 74 ; Capt. 18 May 81 ; Bt.Major,
15 June 85 ; Major, 24 Sept. 87 ; Bt.Lt. Colonel, 18 Jan. 91 ; Lt. Colonel, 18 Jan. 95.
Majobs.
George, Lord Binning 3 (Brevet Lt. Colonel '
8 Jan. 95), 2nd in Command 26 June 96 .
Henry Thomas Fen wick
William Anstruther-Thomson
Captains.
\rthur Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee ...
Gordon Chesney Wilson ...'.
Charles Hyde Villiers 4
Wilfred Francis Ricardo
Gerald James FitzGerald
Hon. Geo. Cecil Beaumont Weld Forester, ?
Adjutant 5 Yeomanry Brigade 1 Oct. 95. )
Arthur Jocelyn Charles, Visct. Sudley, )
serving with the Egyptian Army )
William Dixon Mann-Thomson
.Lieutenants.
Charles Ernest Rose
John George, Marquis of Tullibardine, >
serving with the Egyptian Army )
Hon. AlgemonHy.Ohas.Hanbury-Tracy, "(
serving underfheForeignQfficein E.Africa i
Edmund Butler Charteris
Henry William, Visct. Crichton, Adju- )
tan't 8 Dec. 96 j
Hon. Reginald Ward
Hon. Arthur Vesey Meade
Hon. Richard Frederick Molyneux
Hon. Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks
Henry De la Poer, Marquis of Waterford ...
Second Lieutenants.
Henry John, Luke o/Roxburghe
Charles Stewart Henry, Visct. Castlereagh
Harold Ernest Brassey
2ND LIEUT, j
11 Sept.
80
17 Apr.
So
4 May
23 Nov.
16 May
17 July
87
87
88
89
17 July
89
20 Nov.
89
4 Mar.
91
23 Apr.
92
28 Dec.
92
28 Dec.
92
28 Dec.
92
5 May
94
6 Feb.
13 Feb.
3 Apr.
3 July
18 Mar.
95
95
95
95
96
20 Feb.
8 Sept.
8 Sept.
97
97
97
11 Apr.
11 Mar.
1 July
18 July 85
5 Dec.
1 June
18 Sept. 89
24 Sept. 90
15 Oct. 90
13 Apr. 92
5 Apr. 93
5 Apr. 93
30 Dec. 93
18 Apr.
22 Dec.
6 Feb.
6 Nov.
4 Mar.
11 Nov.
13 Jan.
18 June
CAPTAIN.
14 May 87
15 Apr. 91
30 Dec. 93
18 Apr. 94
21 Nov.
22 Dec.
18 Jan.
6 Feb.
30 Mar. 95
30 Mar. 95
4 Mar. 96
BEEV.MAJ.
22 Dec. 94
19 Sept. 96
1 May 97
Hiding Master. — Charles James Ashley, 20 Dec. 93 ; Hon. Lieut.
Quarter Master. — William Stubbs, 27 Nov. 95 ; Hon. Lieut.
Surgeon Lt. Colonel. — James Stevenson Forrester, 13 Oct. 97; Surgeon Captain, 30 Sept. 74; Surgeon Major,
25 Oct. 94; Surgeon Lt. Colonel, 25 Oct. 94.
Surgeon Captain.— Hugh Rayner, MB. 13 Feb. 97; Surgeon Captain, 30 Jan. 86.
Veterinary Officer. — Francis Binyoun Drage, 1 May 97 ; Veterinary Lieut. 18 July 88.
Blue — Facings Scarlet. — Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
Returned from France, 2 February 1816.
1 Loid Wolseley served with the Soth Regiment in the Burmese war of 1852-53 (Medal for Pegu), was with the
expedition under Sir John Cheape against the robber chief Myattoon, and was severely wounded when leading
the storming party against the chief's stronghold on the 19th March (mentioned in despatches). Landed in the
Crimea with the 90th Light Infantry on 5th Dec. 1854, and was emplo3'ed in the trenches as Acting Engineer until
Sebastopol was taken ; was engaged in the assault and defence of the Quarries on 7th June, and on duty in the
Trenches at the attack of the 18th June; severely wounded in a sortie 30th August,. when in charge of the
advanced sap — several times mentioned in despatches (Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp. Knight of the Legion
of Honor, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served in the Indian campaigns of 1857-59, and was
present at the relief oi Lucknow, defence of the Alumbagh by Outram, with the several engagements there, siege
and capture of Lucknow, subsequently as D.A.Q.M. General to Grant's division and with it at the affair of Baree,
action at Nawabgunger and all the others fought by that force (repeatedly mentioned in despatches, Brevet of
Iit.Colonel, Medal with Clasp). Served in the war of i860 in China upon the Quarter Master General's Staff, and
was present at the assault of the Taku Forts, and in all the engagements throughout the campaign (promoted
Major unattached, Medal with two Clasps). Commanded the Expedition sent in 1870 from Canada to the Red
River Territory for the suppression of the Rebel Government established at Fort Garry against the Queen's
authority, and was created a Knight of St. Michael and St. George and Companion of the Bath for his services
upon that occasion. Was Governor and Commander of the Forces on the Gold Coast during the Ashanti war of
1873-74 (received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, promoted to be Major General for distinguished ser-
vice in the field, GCMG. KCB. and Medal with Clasp). At a meeting of the Common Council of the Corporation
of London it was unanimously resolved as follows : — " That the honarary freedom of this City, with a sword of
the value of 100 guineas, be presented to Major-General Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, KCB. GCMG., in recogni-
tion of his gallant services in the British Army, and especially in reference to the distinguished ability and
gallantry displayed by him in his command of the expedition to the Gold Coast, by which he obtained results
conducive t® peace, commerce, and civilisation on the continent of Africa. And this Court desires also to record
its admiration of the patient endurance of hardship exhibited, and the valuable co-operation and assistance
rendered to Sir Garnet Wolseley, by the gallant officers and men of both services and of all arms engaged in the
expedition." Was sent to South Africa in June 1879 as Governor and High Commissioner of Natal and lands
adjacent, with local rank of General. Completed the subjugation of the Zulus and brought the Zulu war to a
conclusion. Afterwards overpowered Sekukuni's hostile nation and destroyed their stronghold; and finally
subdued the disaffected Boers and completed the annexation of the Transvaal (GCB. Medal with Clasp). Was
Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Army throughout the Egyptian war of 1882, in which campaign
that Army in the space of 25 days effected disembarkation at Ismailia, traversed the desert, and seized the capital
of Egypt together with its citadel and the rebel chief, having in that period fought and defeated the enemy five
times — finally at. Tel-el-Kebir where the enemy's strongly entrenched position was taken at the point of the
bayonet after an arduous night march, all his guns captured, aud his army overwhelmed (received the thanks of
both Houses of Parliament, raised to the peerage, promoted General for distinguished service in the field, Medal
with Clasp, 1st Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive's Star). Commanded the forces in the Soudan campaign in
1884-85 (received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, was raised to a Viscount in the peerage, and received
two Clasps).
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