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1st {Tie King'.) Dragoon Guards. [?ert!'c!n"tfrtry.
The King's Cypher within the Gnrter. "Waterloo" "Sevastopol" "TakuFokis"
** Pekin " "South Africa."
Colonel.—Henry Aitchison Hankey, Ensign, ''26 June 23; Zt. ^lo Mar. 25; Capt. P15 Aug. j6; Major,
'^2T Sept. 33; Zi.Colonel, I Mar. 2g; Colonel, 11 Nov. 51: MajorGeneral, 6 July 57; Xi«M<.GeHO-oZ, 29 Apr. 64 ;
General, 7 Dec. 71; Colonel ist Dragoon Guards, i Jan. 72.
Lieutenant Colonels. — Richard James Combe Marter,' Aide de Camp to the Queen; Cornet, ^iS Jan. 51 ;
Lt. P29 April 53; Capt. Pg Dec. 62; Major, 7 March 77; Bt.Lt.Colonel, is Oct. 79; Colonel, 15 Jan. 81;
Lt.Colonel, 1 July 81.
Majoes.
COBNET OE
2IfD LIEUT.
John Matthew Benthall' '^20 Dec.
William Henry Thompson^ 10 May
59 ''25 Sept.
64 ''20 Feb.
Captains.
William Vesey Brownlow^ ''29 April 59!i'i2May
Charles Adrian Gough Becher,^ .4d/M<a)t<)!» o i ^o v -mt,,^
Oxfordshire Yeomanry Caval^ S \ ^° ^''P'" ^V'^ ^'''^•
Henry Percy Douglas Willan' !i'i20ct. 67''14 July
Hamilton Campbell Vetch '' 8 July 68 28 Oct.
George Edmund Eogers ""so May 69 ''21 June
LlEUTElfAITTS.
Peter Marrow,i" Inst. of Musk. CavalryDepot
John Alexander*
William Henry Harkness'
James Gumming Dewar'^
Robert Thomas Graves Lowry'
William Richard Goold-Adams'
John Saltren AVillett's
Ernest Leonard Wright'
George Hearn
John Edward Benbow
George Wentworth Forbes
CAPTAIN.
BEEV.MAJ.
MAJOE.
"22 July 6812 Feb. 73
I July 81I July 81
■■iSMay 70
29 Nov. 79
IS July 76
17 Dec. 7720 Mar. 7827 Oct. 78
28 Oct. 71
8 Dec.
77
16 Feb.
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I May
78
11 May
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11 May
78
22 Jan.
7<)
22 Jan.
81
24 Aug.
81
28 Oct. 71
30 Dec. 72
11 Sept. 77
19 Feb. 79
22 Mar. 79
30 Nov. 80
2 Feb. 8r
I July
I July
I July
I jBly
81
Paymaster.—John Grant Elliott,'= i Oct. 73; Son. Captain, i Apr. 78.
Hiding Master.^
Quarter Master.—John O'Donnell, 27 Feb. 75.
Scarlet—Facings Blue.—Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.—Irish Agents, Messrs. Cane and Sons.
Embarked for Natal, 28 February 1879.
' Colonel Marter served with the ist Dragoon Guards in the Zulu war of 1879 from the 9th April, and commanded
a detached squadron of his regiment in the field from the ist June until the conchision of the campaign, including
the cavalry aBair at Erzungayan on 5th June. Captured the Zulu King in the Ngome Forest, and brought him to
Ulundi, having under his command at the time a squadron of the King's Dragoon Guards, a company of the Natal
Native Coniingent, and an otHcer and ten men of irregular mounted troops (mentioned in despatches, and pro¬
moted Bt.Lt.Colonel'' in recognition of the service performed by him in having effected the capture of Ketchwayo,
the Zulu King, in the Ngome Forest," Medal with Clasp).
' Major Benthall, Captains Becher B,nd Willan, Lieuts. Dewar, Lowr.y, Goold-Adams, Harkness, and Wright
served with the King's Dragoon Guards In the Zulu war of 1879 (Medal with Clasp),
* Lieut. Alexander served with the King's Dragoon Guards in the Zulu war of 1879 in the squadron under Major
Marter, from ist June to the end of the war, including the cavalry affair at Erzungayau and the capture of King
Cetywayo (Medal with ('lasp).
s Major Thompson served with the King's Dragoon Guards in the Zulu war of 1879 in the squadron under
Major Marter, including the cavalry affair at Erzungayan (Medal with Clasp).
« Major Brownlow served with the King's Dragoon Guards in the Zulu war of 1879, and was Orderly Officer to
Colonel Drury Lowe, commanding the cavalry in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in Colonel Driiry Lowe's
report). Afterwards commanded a squadron of his Regiment in Baker Russell's Flying Column (Brevet of
Major, Medal with Clasp).
'" Lieut. .Marrow served with the King's Dragoon Guards in the Zulu war of 1879 in the squadron under Major
Marter, including the cavalry affair at Erzungayan. Acted as Adjutant and Quarter Master to the stiuadron, and
subsequently as Staff'Officer at Fort Newdigate (Medal with Clasp).
12 Lieut. Dewar served wiih the King's Dragoon Guards in the Zulu war of 1879. Served afterwards with the
Mounted Infantry (94th Regt.) throughout the operations against Sekukuni, and was present at the attack and
capture of the stronghold, 28 November 1879—severely wounded (Medal with Clasp).
13 Lieut. Willett served in the Zulu war of 1879 with the Field Forcein Natal and the Transvaal (Medal with Clasp).
'^ Captain Elliott.—For War Services, see Army Pay Department.