| Wace | Ernest Charles | | Captain | WACE, ERNEST CHARLES, Captain, was born 19 March 1850, at Goring, Oxfordshire, son of the Reverend Richard Henry Wace, of Wadhurst, Sussex, and of Eulielia Wace. He was educated at Marlborough College, and was gazetted to the Royal Artillery 15 December 1871, serving in the Jowaki Expedition, 1877-78, on the North-West Frontier of India (Medal with clasp for Jowaki). He served in the Afghan War, 1878-80, with No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery, throughout the war, being in temporary command of it from 18 July to 23 September 1879, and from 29 October to 7 November 1879, and taking part in the capture of Ali Masjid and in the operations in the Lughman Valley (Despatches), and in the advance to the relief of Sherpur (Medal and two clasps, for Ali Masjid and Kabul). He served in the Burmese Expedition, 1885-86, commanding the Hazara Mountain Battery until April 1886 (slightly wounded). He was present at the capture of Mandalay and the subsequent advance to Bhamo. At Bhamo he commanded the expedition by river to Moogoung, and also that against the Kachin tribes on the Chinese Border. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 September 1887], and, for the part he took in the Burmese War, as the Officer Commanding No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery, was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 26 November 1886]: "Ernest Charles Wace, Captain, Royal Artillery. For operations in Burma". He became Lieutenant Colonel, 18 May 1898, and was given the Brevet of Colonel 18 May 1902, and retired on 18 May 1903, as Colonel, Royal Artillery. Colonel Wace married, in August 1891, in Bombay, India, Gertrude Mary Hay, daughter of Charles Nathan, FRCS, of Sydney, New South Wales, and they had one son and two daughters.
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