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War Services of the General Offlcers. ^S'^5
Fusiliers, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in despatches, CB., Medal with Clasp, and
Khedive's Star).
i"8 Major General C. J. Moorsom served with the 30th Regiment in the Crimea from the ist to the zSch September
1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol and assault of the Redan on the 8th September —severely wounded
in the left arm (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal).
'"' Major General Hon. H. Parnell .served with the 3rd BuBs in the Crimea subsequent to the fall of Sebastopol.
Commanded the 2nd Battalion 3rd Buffs throughout the Zulu war of 1S79. and was present at the engagement of
Inyezane and during the occupation of Ekowe (mentioned in despatches, CB., Medal with Clasp).
180 Tjjg j)u]je of Teck served in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the engagement at Tel-el-Mahuta
and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (appointed Colonel in the Army, Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
'81 Major General B. T. Thynne served in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in the engagement at TJlundi
(Medal with Clasp). Served with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in the Egyptian war of 1882 (Medal, 4th
Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive's Star). Served in the Soudan campaign in 1885, after the engagement at
Hasheen, in command of the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards (mentioned in despatches, C£., and Clasp).
182 Major General M. J. R. MacGregor served with the i8th Royal Irish in the Afghan war in 1880 (Medal).
1*3 Major General C. Tucker served with the 80th Regiment with the left attack during the Bhootan Expedition
of 1863 (Medal with Clasp). Served in the Porak operations in 1876, part of the time as Brigade Major; com¬
manded the left attack in the operations against Sekukuui in 1878 ; commanded the 80th Regiment in the Column
under Colonel Rowlands on the Swazi border in. the Zulu war of 1879, and subsequently the troops at Luneberg;
also commanded the regiment in Wood's Column during the march through Zululand and in the engagement at
Ulundi (CB., Medal with Clasp).
1^5 Major General W. Galbraith served in the Afghan war of 1878-80, first as Assistant Adjutant General in the
Koorum Division, being present atthe capture of the Peiwar Kotal (mentioned in despatches), in the operations in
the Hariab and Khost Valleys, in the engagement at Charasiab on the 6th October 1879 (mentioned in despatches),
and in the subsequent occupation of Cabul; afterwards served with the 85th Regiment in the Koorum Division
including the Zairausht Expedition (Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with two Clasps). Served with the Hazara,
Expedition in 1888 in command of a Brigade {CB., and Medal with Ciasp).
1*^ Major General J. F. Owen served with Wood's Column in the Zulu war of i!;79 in command of a Mounted
Catling Battery, and was present in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel,
Medal with Clasp).
w Major General H. M. Bengough commanded a Battalion of the Natal Native Contingent during the Zulu
■war of 1879, and was present in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal
with Clasp). Served with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-86 as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General
(mentioned in despatches, CB., and Medal with Clasp).
1*8 Major General H. H. D. Stracey served in the expedition to the Soudan in 1885 w ith the 2nd Battalion of the
ScotslGuards, and was present in the engagements at Hasheen and Temai (mentioned in despatches, Medal with
Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
'*' Sir Frederick Carrington organised and commanded MoiAited Infantry in the expedition to the Diamond Fields
in 1875, and Carrington's Horse (mounted infantry) at the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877. Served in the
Kafir war in the Transkei in 1877, and raised and commanded the " Frontier Light Horse," and was present in the
engagement at Quintana (mentioned in despatches) and subsequent operations in the Transkei and Perie Bush.
.Served in the operations against Sekukuni in 1878-79 as Commandant of the Transvaal Volunteer Force, and
commanded the advance guard and left attack at the capture of the stronghold (mentioned in despatches. Brevets
of Major and Lt.Colonel, CMO., and Medal with Clasp). Commanded the Gape Mounted Rifles at the siege ofMafeteng
by the Basutos, and commanded the Colonial Forces in Basutoland during the operations against the Basutos from
November 1880 to March 1881—severely wounded (mentioned in Colonial despatches). Served with the Bechuana-
land Expedition under Sir Charles Warren in 1884-85 in command of the 2nd Mounted Rifles (mentioned in de-
Bpatches). Served in the operations in Zululand in 18S8 as Commandant of Native Levies.
15° Major General E. A. Wood commanded the loth Hussars in the Affghan war of 1878-79, and was present at the
attack and capture of All .\fusjid (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp). Served in the
Soudan Expedition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1884 in command of the 10th Hussars, and was present in the en¬
gagements at El Teb and Temai (mentioned in despatches, CB., Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
"1 Major General E. Leach served in the 50th Regiment m the Crimea.subsequent to the fall of Sebastopol,fromthe
19th September 1855 until the evacuation on 12th July 1856. Served also in the New Zealand war of 1863-66 as
•Orderly Officer to Colonel Waddy when commanding a Field Force in the Waikato in 1864; present at Waiari;
appointed Aide de Camp to Brigadier General Waddy 7th Jan. 1865; and present at the attack and repulse of the
•enemy at Nukumaru (mentioned in despatches); appointedDeputyAssistant Adjutant General 26th Jan. 1865, and
present at the repulse of the enemy at Kakaramea (mentioned), and served throughout the campaign Wanganul
•district under Sir D. Cameron. Accompanied Major General Chute as D. A. Adjutant General during his campaign
on the West Coast in 1865-66, and present at the assault and capture of Okatuku, Putahi, Otapawa, Ketemari, and
Waikoko Pah (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Major, and Medal). Served with the ist ii;itlalion West Kent
Regiment throughout the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present at the action at Kassasin on the gth of Seritember
(Medal, 4th Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive's Star). Served in the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 in command of
Ihe 1st Battalion of the West Kent Regiment (mentioned in despatches, CB., and Clasp).
"* Major General G. Hatchell served in the Afghan war in 1878-79, and took part in the second expedition into
the Bazar Valley under Lieut. General Maude (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal).
1" Major General C. W. Robinson served with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade in the Indian Mutiny (Medal).
Served throughout the second phase of the Ashanti war, from 12th December 1873, as Brigade Major to the
European Brigade, including the battle of Amoaful, battle of Ordahsu and capture of Coomassie (mentioned
m despatches. Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp). Served in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in the
^engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Oolonel, Medal with Clasp).

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