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,j isl Batt., Ma'.ta.
O 2nd Batt., (juernsey.
Years' Sei
] The Gordon Highlanders. [J'o^';"/l'^b«dee;!
Formorlij the T$tli {Stirliiif/shire) and the g2iid (Gordon Jlighluuders) L'efjitnentt,'.
(The 3vd Battalion is formed of the ALerdeenshire Militia ; the 4th Battalion is not yet formrd.)
' Sebikgapatam" "India" (with tlie Roj'al Tiffcr). "Egmont-op-Zek" "llANnoBA" "Egypt" (n-ith the
Sphinx). "Corunna" "Fuentks d'Osob" "Almabaz" "A^ittoeia" "Pykenkes" "Nive" "Okthes"
"Peninsula" "Waterloo" "South Africa, 1835'' "Delhi" "Lucknow" " Chaeasiah " "Kabul, 1879"
" Kandahar, 1880" "Afghanistan, 1878-80" "Egypt, 1882, 1884" " Tel-el-Kebie."
Jolonels.—I John Thomas Hill, JEnsiV/H, ""is March 27 ; iicH^''16 Apr. 29; Caj)#., ""is Feb. 35 ; 3I<tjor,^i2
Jlarch 41; IJ.Colonel, 3 Apr. 46; Colonel, 20 June-54 ; Major Ueneral, 30 July 60; Lieut.Oeneral,
14 June 69 ; General, 24 June 76 ; Colonel 75th Foot, 24 Oct. 72.
2 John Alexander Enart,' C£. Ensign, 27 July 38; Lt. 15 April 42; Capt. I'j2 May 48; Bt.Major,
12 Dec. 54; Major,-zg Dec. 54; Bf.Lt.Colonel, 2'Hov. ss; Lt. Colonel, z6 Apr. 58; Colonel, 26 Apr. 59 ;
Major General, 6 ^larch 6S; Lieut. General; 1 Oct. 77; General, 13 Jan. 84; Colonel 2nd Battalion
Gordon Hijjhlanders, 12 March 84.
Lieutenant Colonels.—i Frederick Francis Daniell,' Commanding the Battalion, 13 Feb. 85 ; Ensign, 13 Aug.
58; Lt. I'le Dec. 59 ; Cufit. 8 May 67; Major, 1-8 Dec. 75; Lt.Colonel, i July Si ; Colonel, i July Sj.
2 John Crosland tJay,* Commanding the Battalion, 10 Oct. 85 ; Ensign, isMaj'Sj; Lf. ""h Dec. 53; Capt.
"ig July 64 ; Major, 28 Oct. 76 ; Lt. Colonel, i July 81; Colonel, i July 85.
1 John Edward Bo3-'es,«i!:nii;jH,''29 Oct. 61 ; i<.'iS Jan. 67; Cu^j/. p 14 Oct. 63; MJor, [3 Dec. Soj Bt.Lf.
Colonel, 18 Nov. 82; Lt.Colonel, 13 Feb. 85.
2 Montafru Hope,' Ensign, ^2 Dec. 62 ; Lt. ^14 Mar. 65 ; Capt. ^1$ Dec. 69; Major, i July 81; Lt.Colontl,
10 Oct. 8,
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Majors.
I p.s.c. EdwardEssex^
Pati'ick Francis Robertson,"'.J(/y'/(/i7"^ j
3 {The Buehan) Volnnteer Battalior^ \
Gordon Jliqhlanders )
I William Archibald Smail,'- (Bt.Lt. \
Colonel, 15 June 85) )
ensign ok I
2HD LIEUT. I
19 Feb.
'14 Mar.
67 ''27 Nov.
I
6i P29 May
67 i'3i May
i
6j\ 29 Jan.
9 Oct. 63:i'i8 Dec. 66
2 Alexander Donald M'Gregor'^ I 4 April 65''31 July 67
''27 Nov. 67 ''24 April 69
■"i? April 69;''3i May 71
Orfeur JamesCavenagh,Commimaciu*)
4- Transport Staff j
Henry Ilardinj^Mathias'^
Robert Henry Oxley,'" Adj. yd Bait.")
{Aherdeenshire Highlanders Militia) )
Duncan Forbes Gordon,'" Adjutant 5 )
{Deeside Highland) Volunteer Bat- \
ialion Gordon Highlanders )
Hon. John Scott Napier,'* Adjutant 7 )
Middlesex liijle Volunteers S
Chas. Whittingham Horsley Douglas
Henry Bayly'"
Basil Hall Woodward" :i'2oOct.
" 9 Mar.
SMay
•"14 Aug.
•■leDec.
Captains.
'i Arthur Henry Pain''^
1 James John Burke Menzies^^
I Somerset E. O'Brien Kevill-Davies^' .
67'''i5 Dec.
i
67'i'i5 Dec.
67j''i7 May
69 ''27 Oct.
I 30 Dec.
69 ""si May
3 Sept.
"'17 April
yJ€ William Hy.Dick Cunyngham,") i
Adj.^Vol.lJait. Gordon Highlandersi
2 Ian Standish MonteithHaiuilton^" I
Charles William Carfrae, Adj. 6 J'ol. 1 ,
Batt. Gordon Highlanders i
1 George Thomas Frederick Downman*
2 William Augustus Scott
2 Edward Cecil Bethuno,=^' at Slaf Coll.
2 Walter (lolquhoun BoyiV
2 Forbes Macbean," A//'«/aH< 1 Jan. 85...
Francis Farquharson Ramsay^'
Robert Abercromby Grant^^
Charles Herbert rsi};nc,'''''Commanding 1
a Company of Mounted Infantrg, >■
Egypt /
Lieutenants.
Alexander David ITraser'^
2 Harry Wright'^
I Herbert Henry Bui ney-''
I Richard Dyneley JeuumgsBramly ...
1 Henry William Denne Denne^*
t Donald William Stewart™
2 Hector Archibald MacDonald'"
2 George Staunton*'
2 Robert Dunbar Sinclair-Wemyss
I Harry King Stewart*^
I Claude Charles Miller-Wallnutt"
r John Seton Henderson"
I Frederick Gordon,''.-It/yH^iHi 31 Jan.83
Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready/ii \
Staf Captain in Egypt >
I Herbert William Jackson'^
I Reginald Stanley Hunter-Blair^"
I Edward Hyde Hamilton Gordon-"*
1 Slade Thomson^"
2 .lames Aylmer Lowthrop Haldaue
2 Tyrell Gordon Pirie
I Francis Hugh Neish"
1 Alexander Penrose Murrav^^
2 Henry Percy Uniacko
2 John Christie Aitken
I Arthur Lockhart Gallic"
1 Stewart Lygon Murray
2 Hon. Walter Robert Druramond Forbes
|2 Norman Charles GrecnhillGardyne .
I2 James Douglas Somervillc Lockhart.
2 Augustus Brabazon Urmston
22 Oct.
II Dec.
14 Dec.
8 Mar.
28 Oct.
22 Feb. 79
17 April
29 July
9 Sept.
21 July
BREV.MAJ.
29 Nov. 79
2 Mar. 81
24 Aug.
29 Oct.
-. July
30 May
28 Nov.
28 Nov.
13 Feb.
Si
Si
2 Mar. 81' 13 May 85
2 Mar.
2 Mar.
83
'23 De3. 6i
30 Jan.
22 Jan.
31 Jan.
13 A.1&-
7 Jan.
14 Jan.
17 April
23 Apr.
23 Apr.
23 Apr.
22 Jan.
28 Oct.
28 Oct.
12 Nov.
17 Feb.
24 April
28 Oct.
71' 9 Mar. 81
71, 30 Mar. Si! =: May
73^ 18 June Sr
73I 10 Oct. 81 i
7 Not.
29 Nov.
76
21 Sept.
74
10 Sept.
7-^
20 Nov.
Ih
n Nov.
76
29 Jan.
76
6 Sept.
76
26 Aug.
76
29 Nov.
76
21 J ulj'
80
I Dec.
80
30 Mar.
81
I July
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I July
81
1 July
81
I July
81
1 July
81
I July
81
I July
Si
I July
81
22 Oct.
S:
22 Oct.
Si
22 Oct.
81
10 May
82
9 Sept
82
9 Sept
82
27 .Tan.
8^
10 Mar.
8?
19 Sept.
83
14 May
84
14 May
84
14 May
84
J2 Nov.
84
7 Feb.
8s
28 Feb.
8s
29 Aug.
8.S
as Nov.
85
13 May
13 May 83
19 Sept. 83
10 Oct. 85
II Nov. '78: 10 Oct. 85 II Oct.
8 ;\tajor Essex served throughout
the Zulu war of 1879, first as Senior
Transport Officer to Colonel Glyn'a
Column, and atlerwards as Director
of Transport to the 2nd Division.
Was present at the engagements of
Isanhlwana and Ulundi (Brevet of
Major, Medal vi-ith Clasp'. Served
throughout the Boer war of iSSi as
Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quar¬
ter Master General, and was prcsen-
in the attack on Lang's Nek (inent
tioned in despatches), and in the
engagement at Ingogo River (men¬
tioned in despatches).