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War Services of the Colonels. 32
of 1879. Was present in the action of Gingindhlovu; afterwards served as Assistant,Adjutant General of the ist
Division {Medal with' Clasp).
•" Colonel Hon. W. S. D. Home served with the 2nd BattaUon Grenadier Guards in the Egyptian war of 1882,
and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kehir (Medal with Clasp, 4th Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive's Star).
Sei-ved in the Soudan campaign in 1885 in command of the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards until after the
engagement at Hasheen (Clasp).
^' ColouelJ.C. Russell served throughout the 2nd phase of theAshanti war in 1874 as Aide deCamp to Sir Archi¬
bald Alison, and was present at the battle of Anaoaful, the attack and capture of ISecquah, the battle of Ordahsu
and capture of Coomassie (twice mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp). Served in the
Kafir war of 1878-79 in the operations against Sekukuni under Colonel Rowlands. Served in the Zulu war of 1879
and was present in the engagements of Zlobane Mountain and Kambula (several times mentioned in despatches
Srevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp).
*« Colonel W. L. Dalrymple served in the Ashanti war in 1874, ^s Special Commissioner to the Wassaws and
Benkeras, on the left Hank of the Main line of Advance, and -iubsequently on the Transport Service (mentioned in
despatches. Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp). Served in the latter part of the Kafir v.-ar of 1370. Also served
in the Zulu war of 1S79, first as Staff OEHeer to Colonel Glyn's Column, and afterwards as Brigade Major to the ist
Brigade, 2nd Division; was present in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Lt.Colonel,
Medal with Clasp).
'^ Colonel H. A. Bushman served with the 9th Lancers in the Afghan war in 1879-80, and accompanied Sir
(Frederick Roberts in the march to Candahar, and was present at the battle of Candahar (mentioned in despatches,
iledal with Clasp, and Bronze Decoration).
'* Colonel W. E. Montgomery served in the Zulu war in 1879 as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master
General 2Ud Division from the 6th May to the 27th July, and was present in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned
in despatches. Medal with Clasp).
" Brigadier General C. F. Clery served in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in the engagements at
Isandhlu-aua and (Ilundi (mentioned m despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp). Served in the
Egyptian war of 18S2 as Brigade Major at Alexandria (Medal, and Khedive's Star). Servedin the Soudan Expe¬
dition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1884 as Assistant Adjutant General, and was present in the engagements at
El Teb and Temai (twice mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Colonel, CB., and two Clasps); also served with
the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 (Clasp).
">" Colonel K. G. Hendei son served with the 60th Rifles in the suppression of the mutiny in the Shahabad district
of Bsng-al in 1858 (Medal). Also throughout the campaign of 1860 in China (Medal with two Clasps for Takn Ports
a,ud Pekin). Served with the Nile E.xpedition in 1884-85 as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General; was
Commandant at Shellal and at Assouan (mentioned in despatches. Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).
"" Colonel 0. M. Stockwell served with the 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea from i6th July to i8th Sept, 1855,
including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal). Served with the 72nd High¬
landers throughout the Afghan war of 1878-80 with the Koorum, Cabul, and Cabul-Candahar Field Forces, includ¬
ing the Khost Expedition; was present in the engagements at Mattoon and Charasiab, and in the operations around
Cabul in December 1879 (twice mentioned in despatches) ; commanded the rear guard of the Division at Zahidabad
during the night attack of 4th October 1879 ; accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Candahar, and
commanded the Regiment at the battle of Candahar after the death of Colonel Brownlovv, and brought it out of
action (mentioned in despatches. Medal with three Clasps, and Bronze Decoration). Served in the Egyptian war of
1882 in command of the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, and was present at the battle of I'el-el-Kebir
(mentioned in uaspatches. Medal with Clasp, 3rd Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star). Received a Reward
for Distinguished Service, 18S2.
10s Colonel G. U. Prior served in the Afghan war in 1878-79 as Deputy Assistant Quarter MastorGeneral Candahar
Field Force, took part in the advance to Khelat-i-Ghilzie and in the operations in the Arghasan Valley and on the
Thull Chotiali line, and was present in the engagement at Baghao in command of half of the column (mentioned in
despatches. Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal).
"* Colonel James Browne served with the 94th Regiment in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in the engage¬
ment at Ulundi and in the subsequent operations against Sekukuni, including the storming of the stronghold (Medal
(vith Clasp). Served in the Boer war in 1881, part of the time as Commandant at Newcastle.
■"' Colonel C. J. Burnett served in the Ashami war from the 3otli November 1S73. I^ul tli6 duties of Adjutant
of Russell'.s Regiment from the Prah till invalided at Quarman, including the attack and capture of Adubiassie ;
commanded the post of Quarman at the commencement of the enemy's attack upon it on the 31st January
(Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp). Serveil in the Afghan war in 1879-80 as Assistant Adjutant General ist
Division Caudahar Field Force, and was present at the defence of Candahar (mentioned in de.spatches) including
the sortie of Deh Khojah (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal).
"' Colonel H. P. Pearson served in the 84th Regiment throughout the operations of the Column under Havelook,
including the actions of Futtehpore, Aoung, Pandoo Nuddee, Cawnpore (wounded), Oonao, Buseerut Gunge (first and
second), Boorbeake Chowkee, Bithoor, Mungawar, and Alum Bagh, relief of Lucknow, commanded a Company of
the S4th Regiment in the sortie of 26th September 1S57, and at the storming of the Hirn Khana; served with
Outrani's force at the Alum Bagh, also at the assault and capture of Lucknow, relief of Azimghur, and pursuit of
Koer Singh (Medal and two Clasps, and a year's service). Served in the Afghan war of 1878-80, first as D. A. Q. M.
General in command of ohe Signallers with Sir Samuel Browne's Division, with which he was present at the capture
of AliMusjid; afterwards as Brigade Major to Brigadier General Dorau's Brigade, being present at the affairs at
Kam Dakka and Besud (Medal with Clasp, Brevet of Lt.Colonel).
'*^ Colonel W. J. Frampton served in the Afghan war of 1878-80 in the Quetta, afterwards the Ghuznee Field
Force under Sir Donald Stewart, and was present in the engagements at Ahmed Kheyl and at Urzoo near Ghuznee
(Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp).
'M Brigadier General Kinloch served in the Afghan war of 1878-80 as Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General,
and was present at the attack and capture of Ali Musjid, with the expeditions into the Bazar Valley' under Lieut.
General Maude (mentioned in despatches), and in the advance to Cabul under Brigadier General Charles Gongh
(mentioned in despatches. Brevets of Major and Lt.Colonel, Medal with two Clasps).
'-* Colonel B. A. Combe served with the 3rd Sind Horse in the Abyssinian campaign, and was present as
Orderly Otlicer to Colonel Eraser at the action of Arogee, and capture of Magdala (Medal). Served throughout
the Afghan war of 1878-S0, first as Brigade Major of Cavalry ist Division Peshawiir Valley Field Force, including
the attack and capture of Ali Musjid and the engagement at Puttehabad; afterwards as Deputy Assistant
Quarter Master General, and was present in the engagement at Ctiarasiab on the 6th October 1879, in the opera¬
tions around Cabul in December 1879 including the investment of Slierpore, and in the engagement at Shokabad; ac¬
companied SirPrederick Roberts in the march to Candahar, and was present at the battle of Candahar (frequently
mentioned in desnatches. Brevets of Major and Lt.Colonel, Medal with four Clasps, and 'Jronze Decoration).
i''' Colonel M. W. E. Gosset served with the 54tli Regiment during the Indian Mutiny,—in Eastern Bengal in 1857
against the Chittagong mutineers, and in Lord (Clyde's campaign in Oudo in i858--59 (Medal). Served as Aide dc
<Jamp to Lord Chelmsford m the Kafir war of 1878, and was present in all the actions with the Gaikas in the Buffalo
Mountains and Perie Bush (mentioned in despatches, and Brevet of Major). Served in the Zulu war of 1879 as Aide
de Camp to Lord Chelmsford in the first advance into Zululand in January, and was present in the actions fought by
the Centre Column up to the 22nd January. Was afterwards Assistant Quarter Master General to the 2nd Division
in the second advance into Zululand, and was present in the engagement at Ulundi (mentioned in despatches.
Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with Clasp). Went to South Africa on special service in January i88i, and served
under Sir Evelyn Wood in the Boer war as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General. Commanded the
Mandalay District, Burmah, during the operations against the Kachins on the North East Frontier in 1891-92
(Medal with Clasp).
'^ Colonel D. M. Home served with tlie Royal Horse Guards in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the
engagements at El Magfar and Mahsama, and in the action at Kassasin on the 28th August (Modal, 4th Class of the
Osmanieh. and Khedive's Star).
^'■"> Colonel W. O. Barnard commanded the 2nd Battalion Manchaster Regiments throughout the Egyptian war of
1882 (Modal, 3rd Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star).

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