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1st {The King's) Dragoon Guards.
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?ears'Ser.
Full
Pay.
Hall
Pay.
The Royal Cypher within the Garter. "Blenheim" "Rasiillies" "Oudenabde" "Malplaquei"
'Dettingen" "Watecloo" "Sevastopol" " Taku Fobts " "Rekin" "South Afbica, 1879."
Colonel in Chief.— His Majesty Francis Joseph I. Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary KG 25 Mar. 96.
Uoionel— James Robert Steadman Sayer, 1 CB. Cornet, P23 May 45 ; Lt. p 3i March 48 ; 'Capt. p 2; Nov. 50 ;
Major, v 6 Feb. 57 ; Lt. Colonel, "21 Oct. 50 ; Colonel, 21 Oct. 64; Major General, 6 Feb. 70 : Lieut. General,
13 March 85 ; Colonel 1 Dragoon Guards, 25 June 86.
Lieutenant Colonel.— Henry Mostyn Owen, 8 2nd Lieut. 30 Jan. 7S: Lt. 1 July 81 : Capt. 4 Dec 86 ; Major,
1 July 95 : Lt. Colonel, 14 June 98.
Majors.
p.s.c. William Henry Birkbeck, 4 2nd in *)
Command 14 June 98 /
Henry Lee Pennell, Aide de Camp to the )
Lt. Governor N.W. Provinces 6 Nov. 95 }
John Flint .'.
Steuart Bogle Smith, Adjutant Devon\
Yeomanry Brigade 15 Nov. 95...., J
Captains.
William James Smyth Fergusscn 5
Charles James Briggs
Frederick Courtenay Longuet Hulton, \
Army Pay Department J
Hugh de Crespigny Eastwood
Francis Churchill Quicke
John Ambard Bell-Smyth
p. s.c.William Maurice llarter, Hep. Assist. \
Adjutant General, York, 16 Mar. 97 j
Herbert Francis Langton
Henry John Williams
2ND LIEUT.
Lieutenants.
Frederic Graham
Edmraid Deacon, Adjutant 8 June 97..
Hugh Fforde Searight
Peter Robert Denny
Henry Francis Wickham
Hon. Chandos Graham Gore-Langton
John Andrew Charies Hamilton
Darcy Arthur Rasbotham
Duncan Mackinnon Gray ... %
Second Lieutenants.
Robert Johnstone Grewing._
4 May 87
21 Dec. 87
5 Feb. 87
8 Oct. 90
4 Mar. 91
1 Mar.
5 Oct.
6 Mar.
7 Dec. 95
4 July 96
16 Sept. 96
28 Oct. 96
- Julv 9
5 Sept. 97
1 Dec.
97
25 Aug. 85 31 Jan.
90
28 Jan. 82
2 July 84
28 Jan. 82
6 Feb. 84
30 Jan. 86
24 Nov. 86
19 Aug. 85
1 Apr. 90
1 Apr. 90
j8 Feb.
7 Sept. 92
1 Mar. 93
17 Feb. 9..
5 Sept. 94
1 1 Mar. 96
4 July 96
2 June 97
2 June 97
13 Oct. 97
18 May 98
24 Aug. '
23 Oct. 88
16 Oct. 91
17 Feb. 92
29 June 90
1 Mar. 93
iS Oct. 93
14 June 94
6 Nov. 9
15 Nov. 95
1 1 Mar. 96
14 June
13 Sept. 98
3 Apr. 97
22 Aug. 94
22 Dec. 07
x 4 June 98
Riding Master.— .William Plowman, 8Jan. 96; Hon. Lieut.
Quarter Master. — William Henry Collins, 6 1 Mar. 93 ; Hon. Lieut.
Scarltt— Facings Blue. — Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
Beturned from India, 1 Nov. 91.
1 Lieut.General Sayer served with the 1st Dragoon Guards in the Crimean campaign from: iSth Aug. 1S55,
including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal). Commanded the Regiment in
China throughout the campaign of i860, including the action of Sinho, and those of the 18th and 21st September ,
also the surrender of Pekin (mentioned in despatches, CB.. Medal with two Clasps).
3 Lt.Colonel Owen served with the Carabiniers in the Afghan war in 1879-80, including the engagement with
the Mshmunds at Dakkaand the expedition against the Wuzeeree Khugianis (Medal).
* Major Birkbeck served with the Hazara Expedition in 1888 as Assistant Superintendent of Army Signalling-
(mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp). Served with the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force in 1S89-90 as
Assistant Superintendent of Army Signalling (mentioned in despatches. Clasp).
5 Captain Fergusson served with the Nile Expedition in 1S84-85 with the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Corn-
wall's Light Infantry, and took part in the operations of the Advance Column under Major General Earl« (Medal
with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
6 Lieut. Collins served in the Zulu war in 1879, and was present in the Cavalry affair at Erzungayan (Meda!
with Clasp).