| Makings | G E | 4083 | Private | QSA (3). Transferred to S.A.C. 03 Dec 00.
Source: QSA medal rolls | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| Makings | G E | 4083 | Private | QSA (3) DoL OFS Tr
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| Makings | G L | | | A Division
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
| Makings | J | 3178 | Private | QSA (3). Discharged, 22 Oct 01.
Source: QSA medal rolls | 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars |
| Makings | W | 2058 | Private | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879 | (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment |
| Makinon | W | 27992 | Private | Demise: Died of disease 25 Apr 1901
Place: Pretoria
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Imperial Yeomanry |
| Makins | Albert George | 72098 | Corporal | QSA (3) DoL LN Belf; KSA (2)
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | 53rd Battery, RFA |
| Makins | Albert George | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 53rd Battery, RFA |
| Makins | E | | Captain | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5928. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Makins | E | | Captain | MID LG: 29 July 1902, page: 4838. Source: General Kitchener. 23 June 1902. Re: Final despatch & mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Makins | Ernest | | Captain | QSA (6).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Makins | Ernest | | Major | MAKINS, ERNEST, Major, was born 14 October 1869, son of H F Makins, of 180 Queen's Gate, London. He was educated at Winchester, and Christ Church, Oxford; joined the 4th Battalion Essex Regiment in 1889, and was gazetted to the Royal Dragoons 23 January 1892, becoming Lieutenant 31 August 1893. He became Captain 2 February 1898, and Major 3 September 1902. He served in the South African War, 1899-1902; Relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 11 to 24 January 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 February 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights, and action at Pieter's Hill; operations in Natal, March to June 1900; operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900; operations in Transvaal, January 1901; operations in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, December 1900 and January 1901. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901, and 29 July 1902]; received the Queen's Medal with six clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "Ernest Makins, Major, Royal Dragoons. In recognition of services in the operations in South Africa". He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel 2 February 1910, and Colonel 2 June 1913. Colonel Makins served in the European War, 1914-17, and retired 21 June 1919, with the honorary rank of Brigadier General. He was mentioned in Despatches; was created a CB, and an Officer of the Italian Order of St Maurice and Lazarus. He was awarded the 2nd Class Order of the Crown of Prussia, and the 3rd Class Order of the Red Eagle. In 1903 Major Makins married Florence, daughter of Sir J II Mellor and Anne Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Shaw, and they had three sons.
KBE (2nd c), CB (m), DSO, QSA (6) T-H OFS RofL L-N Trans CC (Capt 1/R Dragoons), KSA (2) (Capt DSO Rl Dragoons), 1914 Star (Col DSO), BWM, Victory Medal with MID (Brig-Gen), 1897 Jubilee, 1935 Jubilee (Brig-Gen CB DSO MP), 1937 Coronation (Brig-Gen CB DSO MP), [Order of St Maurice & St Lazarus (Italy), Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) 3rd Class, Order of the Crown (Prussia) 2nd Class]. Spink 1983 £1,000. Sothebys 1984 £1,100.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Makins | G | | Lieutenant | QSA (3) DoL Tr LN
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Makins | G H | | Mr | Consulting surgeon. MID LG: 16 April 1901, page: 2599. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 2 April 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Civil Surgeon |
| Makins | George Henry | | Civil Surgeon | Born at Surbiton, November 3, 1853; was educated at Gloucester, and received his medical training at St Thomas's Hosp., Lond, Halle, and Vienna. In 1880-1 he acted as Under-Secretary to the International Medical Congress in London in 1881, and has held numerous posts connected with medical societies since then. In 1899 he was sent out as Consulting Surgeon to the South African Field Force, and served in that capacity during the first ten months of the Boer War (medal with three clasps; despatches). He has been connected with St Thomas's Hospital and School in various posts since 1875, and is now Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery-there: also Surgeon to King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, the Convalescent Home for Officers at Osborne, and the Royal Hospital for Incurables, and is member of the Consultation Board, Royal Naval Medical Service. Dr Makins is the author of Surgical Experiences in South Africa, and numerous papers on surgical subjects in contemporary medical literature. He married, in 1885, Margaret Angus, daughter of Major General Kirkland, and widow of Major General Fellowes.
Source: List of CB (civil) recipients. Various sources | Civil Surgeon |
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