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284a The Prince of Wales' Volunteers (South Lancashire UegimenV).
Second Lieutettaitts.
Hugh de Lancey Walters
Arthur Neville Lovell
Cyril Harding Ward
Edward Francis Oakeley
Eustace .Tames Clarke-jervoise
Christopher Stewart Fellows ...
Geoffrey Carlyon
Faymasfen.—i
2
Quarter Masters.
2ND LIEUT.
9 Nov.
21 Dec.
21 Dec.
29 Mar.
3 May
3 May
29 Oct.
89
-I Joshua Henry Burne, 30 March 81 ;
2 Arthur Can.sdale, 18 Aug. 86; Son.
Hon. Zietit,
Lieut,
Facings White.—Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
isf Battalion returned from Aden, 3 Feh. 1886. 2»(Z Battalion embarked for Natal, 1882.
' Sir Henry Bates has served three yearsin the West Indies and twenty-one j'ears in the East Indies. Served
■as Aide de Camj) to Sir Robert Dick, who was killed at the battle of Sobraon (Brevet of Major, Medal); and
was appointed after that action Aide de Camp to Lord Gough, the Commander in Chief in India, in which
■capacity he served in the Punjaub campaign of 1848-49, and was present at the affair of Ramnuggur and sub¬
sequent operations resulting in the passage of the Chenab and the battles of Chillinnwalla-h and Goojerat
(Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Medal with two Clasps). Commanded the South Western Division of Ireland, Heart
•Quarters Cork, during the Fenian Rising of 1866, and received the thanks of the Irish Government for his
.services on that occasion.
'" Major Chapman served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 as Staff Officer on the Lines of Communication
■(mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star).
'Served with the Egyptian Frontier Field Force in 1885-86, and was present in the engagement at Giniss; also
served in the operations near Suakin in December 1888 and was present In the engagement at Gemaizah as
Assistant Adjutant General Egyptian Army (mentioned in despatches, Clasp, and 4th Class of the Osmanieh).
'^ Lieut. Owen served in the Soudan canipaign in 1885 with the New South Wales Contingent (Medal with Clasp,
and Khedive's Star).
Continuation of Notes to the Dorsetshire Begiment.
' Sir Charles Van Straubenzee served throughout the campaign agamst the Rajah of Coorg in 1834, resulting in
the annexation of that territory. As Major he succeeded to the command of the 39th Eegiment during (■he action of
Maharajpore,Gwalior (Bronze Star, and Brevet of Lt.Colonel) on 29th Dec. 1843. Commanded the British Contingent
in Greece from November 1854 to April 1855, when he proceeded in command of the Buffs to the Crimea, and con¬
tinued there in command of a Brigade until July 1856 ; was present at the two assaults of the Redan in June and
September, at the former he commanded a separate Brigade, and at the latter the ist Brigade Light Division, when
he was slightly wounded (Medal with Clasp, CB., Officer of the Legion of Honor, Sardinian and Turkish Medals,
■and 3rd Class of the Medjidie). rroeeedcd to China in command of a Brigade in 1857 and succeeded to the command
of the Forces there in November ; commanded the Land Forces at the capture by assault and occupation of the city
of Canton on 29th Dec. 1857 and in all subsequent minor operations, and continued in command of the British Forces
in China until March i860 {KCS., Medal with Clasp).
' Colonel Gosset served with the 54th Regiment during the Indian mutiny,—in Eastern Bengal in 1857 against
ithe Chittagong mutineers, and in Lord Clyde's campaign in Oude in 1858-59 (Medal). Served as Aide de Camp to
Lord Chelmsford in the Kafir war of 1878, and was present in all the actions with the Gaikas in the Buffalo Moun¬
tains and Perie Bush (mentioned in despatches, and Brevet of Major). Served in the Zulu war of 1S79 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 1881, and served
under Sir Evel.yn Wood in the Boer war as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General.
'" Captain Todd-Thornton served in the Egyptian war of 1882 (Medal, and Khedive's Star). Served in the expedi¬
tion to the Soudan in 18S4 with the Mounted Infantry in the Cnvalry Brigade under Sir Herbert Stewart, and
•was present in the engagements at El Teb and Tcmai (two Clasps). Served in the Nile Expfi.iir,ion in 1884-8J with
the Mounted Infantry Regiment of the Camel Corps, and took part in the operations of the Desert Column under
Sir Herbert Stewart, including the action at Abu Klea and the engagements at Metammch ard Abu Klea Well.
i(two Clasps).

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