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War Services of the Officers of the Royal Artillery. 194.
30 General Chapman served throughout the Abyssinian campaign from December 1867, having brought the
" B " Battery of Mounted Ordnance from England, and was most energetic in getting it into order previous to the
arrival of No. 5 Battery 21st Brigade ; served with the Battery until the 9th April ;668, when he was appointed Aide
de Camp to Brigadier General Petrie commanding the Artillery, and was present at the action of Arogee and fall
of Magdala (mentioned in despatches, and Medal). Served in the Afghan war of 1878-80 as Deputy Adjutant and
Quarter Master General of the Ghuznee and Northern Afghanistan Field Forces and Cabul-Candahar Force, and was
present in the engagement at Ahmed Kheyl (mentioned in despatches) ; accompanied Sir Frederick Roborts in
the march to Candahar, and was present at the battle of Candahar (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Lt.Colonel,
CB., Medal with two Clasps, and Bronze Decoration). Served with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-86 (Medal
with Clasp).
31 Sir William Stirling served throughout the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the affairs of
Bulganac and M'Kenzie's Farm, the battles of A'ma, Balaklava and Inkerman, the siege and fall of Sebastopol,
and repulse of the sortie on the 26th Oct. 1854 (Medal with four Clasps, Knight of the Legion of Honor, and
Turkish Medal) . Served as Brigade Major of Artillery with Rajpootana Field Force at the capture of Kotah on
30th March 1858 (Medal, and Brevet of Major). Served with the expedition to China in i860, and was present at
Sinho, actions near Tangchow, and surrender of Pekin (Medal with Clasp). Served in the Afghan war in 1878-79,
and was present at the capture of the Peiwar Kotal (CB., and Medal with Clasp).
32 Sir Edwin Markham served the Eastern campaign of 1854, and up to' January 1855, including tne affair of
M'Kenzie's Farm, battles of Alma andlnkerman, siege of Sebastopol, and repulse of the sortie on the 26th Oct. 1854
(Medal with three Clasps, Knight of the Legion of Honor, and Turkish Medal) . Served in India in 1858, and was
present at the action of Secundra on 23rd Jan. (Medal).
33 Lieut.General Forster served as Aide de Camp to Major General Pratt during the New Zealand war of
1860-61 (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, and Medal),
85 Lieut.General H. be G. Geary served in the Crimean campaign from May 1855, in the Trenches with the siege
train at the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and bombardments of the 6th and 17th June and 17th August (Medal with
Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served in the field during the Indian mutiny from
October 1858 to 1859 in the Jngdespore district, and with Sir Hope Grant's and Gorruckpore Field Forces. Served
throughout the Abyssinian campaign from 1st January 1868 as Brigade Major of Artillery and was present at
the action of Arogee and capture of Magdala (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, and Medal).
36 Lieut. General J. F. Owen served with Wood's Column in the Zulu war of 1879 in command oi a Mounted
Gatling Battery, and was present in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel,
Medal with Clasp).
37 Major General A. Walker served with the Bhootan Expedition in 1865-66 (Medal with Clasp).
39 Major General T. M. Hazlerigg served in the Afghan war in 1879 (Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp).
40 Major General Ward served in the Indian Mutiny campaign in 1857-58 (Medal). Served in the campaign
on the North West Frontier of India in 1863-64 (Medal with Clasp). Served in the Afghan war in 1879-80, and
took part in the march to Candahar with the force under Major General Phayre (Medal) .
42 Major General J. F. Maurice accompanied Sir Garnet Wolseley to the Gold Coast in September 1873 on special
service, and served as his Private Secretary throughout the Ashanti war of 1873-74, including the relief of
Abrakrampa, battle of Amoaful, capture and destruction of Becquah (as Staff Officer to Colonel M'Leod), battle of
Ordahsu and capture of Coomassie (several times mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp). Served ns
Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General in the operations against Sekukuni in 1879, and was pre-
sent at the storming of the stronghold— severely wounded (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, Medal
with Clasp). Served in the Egyptian war of 1882 as Deputy Assistant Aljutant and Quarter Master General on
the Head Quarters Staff, and was present at the engagements of El Magfar, Tel-el-Mahuta, and Kassasin
9th September), and in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with
Clasp, 4th Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive's Star). Served during the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 as Com-
mandant at Assiout and at Abu Fatmeh (mentioned in despatches, Brevet cf Colonel, Clasp).
45 Sir Henry Bundle served in the Zulu war of 1879 with Wood's Elying Column, and was present with the
Gatling Battery in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp). Served with the Field
Artillery in the Boer war of 1881, and took part in the defence of Potchefstroom (slightly wounded). Served with
the Field Artillery in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with Clasp,
and Khedive's Star). Served during the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 on special employ with Bedouin Tribes
(mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, 3rd Class of the Medjidie, Clasp) ; with the Soudan Frontier Field Force
in 1885-87 including the engagements at Giniss (3rd Class of the Osmanieh) and Sarras in command of Mounted
Corps and as Assistant Adjutant General (mentioned in despatches, DSO.) ; and in the operations on the Soudan
frontier in 1889 including the engagement at Toski (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Clasp). Served
with the Dongola Expeditionary Force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1896 as Chief of the Staff, including the
engagement at Firket and the operations at Haflr (mentioned in despatches, promoted to be Major General for
distinguished service in the field, British Medal, and Khedive's Medal with two Clasps); in 1897 he was Chief of
the Staff and in command of the force at Merowi (mentioned in despatches, Clasp) ; during- the operations on the
At.bara in 1898 he was General of Communications (mentioned in despatches), and was afterwards Chief of the
Staff, and was present at the battle of Khartoum (mentioned in despatches, received the thanks of both Houses
of Parliament, KCB. and two Clasps).
46 Major General Pretyman served throughout the Afghan war of 1878-80 ; was Aide de Camp to Sir Frederick
Roberts from November 1878 to November 1879, and was present at the capture of the Peiwar Kotal and in all
the operations in the Koorum and Khost Valleys (mentioned in despatches) ; took part in the advance on and
occupation of Cabulin 1879, and was present in the engagement at Charasiah (mentioned in despatches) ; was
reappointed Aide de Camp Sir Frederick Roberts in March 1880, and accompanied him in the march to Candahar,
and was present at the battle of Candahar (mentioned in despatches, Brevets of Major and Lieut. Colonel, Medal
/pith three Clasps, and Bronze Decoration). Served with the Isazai Expedition in 1892 in command of the 1st
Brigade.
47 Major General Stewartserved as Adjutant Royal Artillery in the Hazara campaign in 1868 against the tribes on
the Black Mountain (mentioned in despatches, Medal). Servedin the Afghan war in 1878-79 as Assistant Quarter
Master General 2nd Division Candahar Field Force (mentioned in despatches, BTevet of Major, and Medal). Served
with the expedition to the Soudan in 1885 as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General to the Indian Con-
tingent, and was present in the engagements at Hasheen and the Tofrek zereba, and at the destruction of Temai
(mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with two Clasps, and Khedive's Star).
46 Major General F. T. Lloyd served in the Egyptian war of 1882 (Medal, and Khedive's Star) ; served with the
Soudan Expedition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1S84 in command of the Royal Artillery, and was present in the
engagements at El Teb and Temai (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, two Clasps). Served during
the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 as Commandant at Assiout (mentioned in despatches, CB., and Clasp).
49 Major General Holley served with the expedition to the Soudan in 1884 under Sir Gerald Graham, and was
present in the engagement at Temai (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp, and
Khedive's Star).
80 MajorGeneral A. E. Turner served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General,
Intelligence Department, Head Quarters Staff, and was present in the engagement at Abu Klea (mentioned in
despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel, Medal with two Clasps, and Khedive's Star).
Si Major General W. Hunter served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, and was present in the engagement at
Abu Klea on the 16th and 17th February 1885 (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp,
and Khedive's Star).
" MajorGeneral F. G. Slade served in the latter part of the Kafir war of i878,and afterwards the operations against
Sekukuni in 1878. including the storming of Tolyana's Stadt. Commanded a division of a field battery, and acted
as Ordnance Officer to the Transvaal Field Force throughout the operations. Served throughout the Zulu war of
1879 with Wood's Flying Column, and was present at the engagements of Zungin Nek, Kambula (horse shot),
and Dlundi (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp) . Served in the Boer war of 188 1 as Aide de Camp to Major
Beneral Sir Evelyn Wood. Served in the Egyptian war of 1882 as Aide de Camp to Major General Sir Evelyr,
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