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  <LINE>2l " a War Services of the Officers of the Royal Engineers.</LINE>
  <LINE>48 Colonel A. O. Green served in the Egyptian war of 1882 on the Staff of the 2nd Division, and was present at</LINE>
  <LINE>the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with Clasp, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star) ; served in the</LINE>
  <LINE>Soudan Expedition in 1884 under Sir Gerald Graham as Intelligence Officer, and was present in the engagement</LINE>
  <LINE>at El Teb— severely wounded (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, and twoClasns).</LINE>
  <LINE>,9 Brigadier General Barklie served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 (Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).</LINE>
  <LINE>"Colonel Rawson served as Assistant Field Engineer and in command of a company of the "Queen's Own"</LINE>
  <LINE>Sapper* and Miners in the Afghan war in 1878-79, and was present in the engagement at Futtehabad (Medal).</LINE>
  <LINE>50 Colonel W. G. Morris served in the South African war in 1899-1900 as Colonel of the Staff for Royal Engineers.</LINE>
  <LINE>5 ' Sir Henry Settle served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 as Staff Officer at Gemai and on the Lines</LINE>
  <LINE>of Communication (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star). Served</LINE>
  <LINE>in the operations at Suakin in 1888 including the engagement at Gemaizah (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of</LINE>
  <LINE>Lt.Colonel and Clasp); in the operations in 1889 including the engagement at Toski (mentioned in despatches,</LINE>
  <LINE>Clasp, and 2nd Class of the Medjidie); and in the operations in the Soudan in i8qt, including the capture of</LINE>
  <LINE>Tokar (Clasp to Khedive's Star). Served in the South African war in 1899-1900 as Inspector General on the Lines</LINE>
  <LINE>of Communication.</LINE>
  <LINE>5a Major General Henry served in the Afghan war of 1878-80 (Medal). Served with the Burmese Expedition</LINE>
  <LINE>in 1885-87 as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>Served with the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force in 1889-90 as Commanding Royal Engineer (mentioned in</LINE>
  <LINE>despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel, and Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>53 Sir Reginald Claro Hart served with the Khyber Column in the Afghan war from Jan. to June 1879,</LINE>
  <LINE>first with the 2nd Division attached as a Regimental Officerto the 24th Punjab Native Infantry during the 2nd</LINE>
  <LINE>Bazar Expedition against the Zukha Khel Afreedis, and afterwards with the 1st Division. Was several times em-</LINE>
  <LINE>ployed by the Quarter Master General's Department in making reconnaissances (mentioned in despatches, Victoria</LINE>
  <LINE>Cross, Medal) : was awarded the Y£ " for his gallant conduct in risking his own life in endeavouring to save the</LINE>
  <LINE>life of a private soldier. The Lieutenant General commanding the 2nd Division Peshawur Field Force reports that</LINE>
  <LINE>when on convoy duty with that Force on 31st January, 1879, Lieutenant Hart, of the Royal Engineers, took the ini-</LINE>
  <LINE>tiative in running some 1,200 yards to the rescue of a wounded Sowar of the nth Bengal Lancers in a riverbed ex-</LINE>
  <LINE>posed to the fire of the enemy, of unknown strength, from both flanks, and also from a party in the river bed.</LINE>
  <LINE>Lieutenant Hart reached the wounded Sowar, drove off the enemy, and brought him under cover with the aid</LINE>
  <LINE>of some soldiers, who accompanied him on the way." Served throughout the Egyptian war of 1882 as Aide de</LINE>
  <LINE>Camp to Major General Graham, commanding the 2nd Brigade, and was present in the reconnaissance in force</LINE>
  <LINE>from Alexandria 5th August, the engagements of El Magfar and Tel-el-Mahuta, the two actions at Kassasin (as</LINE>
  <LINE>Acting Assistant Quarter Master General to Graham's force in the second action) , and the battle of Tel-el-Kebir</LINE>
  <LINE>(twice mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel, Medal with (Hasp, 4th Class of the Osmanieh, and</LINE>
  <LINE>Khedive's Star). Commanded ihe First Brigade Tirah Expeditionary Force in the campaign on the North West</LINE>
  <LINE>Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-0S, including the operations in the Kbankee Valley, the-</LINE>
  <LINE>forcing of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, the operations in the Waran Valley on the 9th December, and the</LINE>
  <LINE>operations in the Mastura Valley, with the passage of the Suppri Pass; also in the subsequent operations in the</LINE>
  <LINE>Khyber Pass and Bazar Valley (mentioned in despatches, KCB., Medal with two Clasps). [See also Civil Decora-</LINE>
  <LINE>tions for Gallantry, " Hart's Annual Army List," p. 786.]</LINE>
  <LINE>54 Lt.Colonel L. F. Brown served in the Afghan war in 1879-80, and was present in the engagement at Ahmed</LINE>
  <LINE>Kheyl (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major. Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>ss Colonel 0. H. Bagot served in the Afghan war of 1878-79, including the operations in the Koorum Valley</LINE>
  <LINE>(mentioned in despatches. Medal). Served with the Bechuanalaud Expedition under Sir Charles Warren in 1884-85.</LINE>
  <LINE>59 Lt.Colonel W. Peacocke served in the Afghan war in 1878-79, and took part with the expedition into the Bazar</LINE>
  <LINE>Valley (mentioned in despatches, Medal). Served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir</LINE>
  <LINE>William Lockhart in 1897 with the Malakand Field Force, and took part with the expedition into the Mohmand</LINE>
  <LINE>country, part of the time as Commanding Royal Engineer; also with the Buner Field Force as Commanding</LINE>
  <LINE>Royal Engineer including the capture of the Tanga Pass (mentioned in despatches, Medal with two Clasps).</LINE>
  <LINE>60 Colonel D. A. Scott served in the Afghan war of 1878-80 (Medal). Serve 1 in the Egyptian war of 1882</LINE>
  <LINE>(Brevet of Major, Medal, and Khedive's Star). Also served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 as Railway Officer</LINE>
  <LINE>at Haifa and in charge of railway extensions (mentioned in despatches. Brevet of Lt.Colonel, Clasp). Also served</LINE>
  <LINE>in the operations of the Soudan Frontier Field Force in 1885-86 including the engagement at Giniss (DSO.).</LINE>
  <LINE>81 Colonel Spratt-Bowring served in the Afghan war of 1878-80, and was present at the capture of the</LINE>
  <LINE>PeiwarKotal (mentioned in despatches), and in the engagements at Charasiah on the 6th October 1870 (mentioned!</LINE>
  <LINE>in despatches)and at ilattoon as Adjutant of Royal Engineers Kuram Valley Field Force, and afterwards as Deputy</LINE>
  <LINE>Assistant Quarter Master General 2nd Infantry Brigade Cabul Field Force; accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts</LINE>
  <LINE>in the march to Candahar, and was present at the battle of Candahar (mentioned in despatches, Medal with three</LINE>
  <LINE>Clasps, and Bronze Decoration;. Served with the Burmese Expedition in 1886-87 as Brigade Major Royal Engineers</LINE>
  <LINE>and Superintendent of Army Signalling (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>62 Sir Arthur Dorward served in the Afghan war in 1879-80, and was present in the engagement at Kara</LINE>
  <LINE>Dakka and in the operations in the Kama district (Medal). Served with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-88 in</LINE>
  <LINE>command of the Queen's Own Sappers and Miners and as Commanding Royal Engineer (mentioned in de-</LINE>
  <LINE>spatches, Brevet of Major, DSO., and Medal with Clasp). Served in the operations in China in 1900 in Commani</LINE>
  <LINE>of the troops in Northern China (mentioned in despatches, KCB.).</LINE>
  <LINE>M Colonel R. M. Hyslop served with tho Right Column of the Lushai Field Force in the campaign of 1871-72,</LINE>
  <LINE>in command of a company of Bengal Sappers and Miners (mentioned in despatches, thanKs of Indian and Home</LINE>
  <LINE>Governments, Medal with Clasp). Served in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-</LINE>
  <LINE>Kebir (Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star).</LINE>
  <LINE>65 Colonel G. Barker served in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the engagementat Tel-el-Mahuta,</LINE>
  <LINE>in the action at Kassasin on the 9th September, and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in despatches, Brevet</LINE>
  <LINE>of Maior, Medal with Clasp, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star). Served with the Bechuanaland</LINE>
  <LINE>Expedition under Sir Charles Warren in 1884-85 as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General Intel-</LINE>
  <LINE>ligence Department.</LINE>
  <LINE>67 Colonel J.Cameron served in the Kafir war in 1877-78, and was present as Orderly Officer to Colonel</LINE>
  <LINE>Wood in the engagement at Tabaka Udoda (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>" Colonel G. R. R. Savage served in the Afghan war of 1878-80 in charge of advanced Field Telegraph and</LINE>
  <LINE>Signalling arrangements with the force under Sir Donald Stewart (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>" Colonel Thurburn served in the Afghan war in 187S-79 (Medal). Served in the campaign on the North West</LINE>
  <LINE>Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Commanding</LINE>
  <LINE>Royal Engineer on the Lines of Communication (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Colonel, Medal with two Clasps).</LINE>
  <LINE>*■ Colonel Hoskyns served in the Jowaki campaign in 1877-78 (Medal with Clasp). Served in the Afghan war</LINE>
  <LINE>of 1378-80 as Assistant Field Engineer with Sir Donald Stewart's Division, and was present in the engagements;</LINE>
  <LINE>at Ahmed Kheyl and Urzoo near Ghuznee (Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>&lt; 4 Colonel St. G. C. Gore served in the Afghan war of 1878-80. and was present m the engagement at</LINE>
  <LINE>Ahmed Kheyl (Medal with Clasp) .</LINE>
  <LINE>' 5 Colonel R. 0. Lloyd served with the Burmese Expedition in 1855-86, and again in 1887-8S, as Field</LINE>
  <LINE>Engineer and was severely wounded in an engagement near Mandalay on the 8th January 1S86 (mentioned in</LINE>
  <LINE>despatches, Medal with two Clasps).</LINE>
  <LINE>? 6 Colonel C. R. Conder served in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir</LINE>
  <LINE>(Medal with Clasp, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star). Served with the Bechuanaland Expedition</LINE>
  <LINE>under Sir Charles Warren in 1884-85 on special service and in charge of the Topographical Department.</LINE>
  <LINE>71 Colonel T. R. Main served in the Kafir war of 1877-78, and was present in the engagementat Neumaka; also</LINE>
  <LINE>served in the Zulu war in 1879, and was present in the engagement at Invezane, at Ekowe during the investment</LINE>
  <LINE>(mentioned in despatches), and in the engagementat Ulundi (Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
  <LINE>" 8 Colonel C. W. Sherrard served in the Zulu war in 1879 (Medal with Clasp).</LINE>
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