ROLL OF OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

WE ARE PLEASED TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING

PUBLICATION ON CD ROM

THE LAST POST

BEING A ROLL OF ALL OFFICERS

(NAVAL, MILITARY OR COLONIAL)

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR THEIR QUEEN, KING & COUNTRY

IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

1899-1902

HERE IS A SAMPLE RECORD FROM THE WORK

ABADIE- LIEUT HARRY BERTRAM ABADIE, 11TH HUSSARS, DIED OF ENTERIC AT NORVAL'S PONT ON FEB 25TH 1901. HE WAS THE SON OF MAJOR-GEN H.R.ABADIE C.B., LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF JERSEY, WAS BORN IN JUNE 1872, EDUCATED AT WINCHESTER, AND ENTERED THE 11TH HUSSARS IN OCTOBER 1892, BEING PROMOTED TO LIEUT SEPT 1894

HE SERVED WITH THE CHITRAL RELIEF FORCE UNDER SIR ROBERT LOW IN 1895, RECEIVING THE MEDAL WITH CLASP.

LIEUT ABADIE AFTERWARDS SERVED IN THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER CAMPAIGN OF 1897-1898 UNDER THE LATE SIR WILLIAM LOCKHART AS ASSISTANT TRANSPORT OFFICER, 2ND BRIGADE, TIRAH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE; BEING MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, L.G. 5TH APRIL 1898, AND RECEIVED THE MEDAL WITH TWO CLASPS.

HE WAS APPOINTED A.D.C. TO LIEUT GEN SIR ARCHIBALD HUNTER IN MARCH 1900, AND WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES L.G. FEB 8TH 1901, AS BEING "DESERVED OF MUCH PRAISE" DURING THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH, WHEN HE PERFORMED THE DUTIES OF STAFF OFFICER FOR WATER SUPPLIES. HE WAS AGAIN MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, L.G. SEPT 5TH 1901, AND WAS GRANTED THE D.S.O. AND MEDAL WITH FIVE CLASPS.

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