The Journal of the Household Brigade for the Year 1862-1880, Volume 18I. E. A. Dolby Printed and published for the subscribers only by W. Clowes and Sons, 1879 - Great Britain |
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1st Battalion 1st Guards 1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards 2nd prize 3rd Guards 5th Class 8st 8lb agst April Arthur Aubrey Coventry Balaklava Bart battles of Alma Betting Bloodhound Brigade campaign of 1854 Campbell Capt Charles Coldstream Guards Colonel command Coryphée Duke of Cambridge Earl Eastern campaign Edward fall of Sebastopol favourite Francis Frederick Gordon half-pay hounds including the battles Inkerman John July June Lady late 1st late Coldstream Guards late Grenadier Guards late Scots Fusilier Lieut Lieut.-Col Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-General Lieutenant and Captain Lieutenant-Colonel Major Major-General March Marquis Medal and Clasps Medjidie miles nave oak bench officers Prince of Wales Princess of Wales Private Purdey race Regiment retired 29 Robert Royal Highness Royal Horse Guards Scots Fusilier Guards Scots Guards Sebastopol Medal Sept Sergeant served siege and fall siege of Sebastopol sovs Thomas Turkish Medal Viscount William yards
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Page 297 - Shepstone) to allow me to make one little raid only, one small swoop ; it will not be asking much. Why will he not listen to me ? He knows where I want to go, and so do you too, only you won't admit it. It is the custom of our country when a new king is placed over the nation to wash their spears, and it has been done in the case of all former kings of Zulu land. I am no king, but sit in a heap. I cannot be a king till I have washed my assegais.
Page 45 - Adjutant-General to the 4th Division, including the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman (dangerously wounded), and siege of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasps, Knight of the Legion of Honour, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medai).
Page 44 - Kaffir war in 1852-3 (Medal), for which service he was promoted to the Brevet rank of Major. Served at the siege of Delhi in 1857, as Acting Quartermaster-General of the Queen's troops (Colonel, CB, Medal with Clasp).
Page 44 - Sturt served in the Eastern campaign of 1854, including the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman...
Page 57 - Regiment, including the battles of Alma and Inkerman (severely wounded), and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with three Clasps, and Turkish Medal).
Page 79 - Guards in the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, siege and fall of Sebastopol, and sortie of the 20th October (Medal and fuur Clasps, Victoria Cross, Knight of the Legion of Honor, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal).
Page 61 - Tchemaya, and siege and fall of Sebastopol. He volunteered for the Sharpshooters of the Brigade of Guards, commanded them for 42 ilays, and was engaged at the repulse of the sortie of 23th Oct.
Page 275 - Hotel is conveniently situated, being within three minutes' walk of the Railway Station, and is patronised by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and other members of the Royal Family.