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TewJ NCaptainFrontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879Army Pay Department
TewJohn22293TrooperSource: QSA Medal Rolls93rd Company, 23rd Btn, IY
TewM LVolunteer Service Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Oxfordshire Light Infantry
TewReginald Herbert M86 CorporalSource: Nominal roll in WO127Loch's Horse
TewReginald Herbert Maud1888Lance CorporalBSACM Matabeleland 1893 (1) Rhodesia 1896. 1896: Tpr. F Troop MMP.
Source: BSACM rolls
Bechuanaland Border Police
TewS5377PrivateQSA (2).
Source: QSA medal rolls
12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
TewSSource: QSA and KSA medal rollsColdstream Guards
TewekesburyH61045GunnerDemise: Died of wounds 30 May 1900
Place: Heilbron
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
5th Battery, RFA
TewkerburyHSource: QSA and KSA medal rolls5th Battery, RFA
TewkesburyE2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
TewkesburyGSource: QSA and KSA medal rolls19th Battery, RFA
TewkesburyG G (Lord)MajorMID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5960. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War
Militia
TewkesburyGeoffrey George GordonCaptainTEWKESBURY, LORD, GEOFFREY GEORGE GORDON (EARL OF MUNSTER), Major, was born 18 July 1859, third son of the second Earl (who was a grandson of William IV and Mrs Jordan), by his wife, Wilhelmina, daughter of the Honourable John Kennedy Erskine, second son of the 12th Earl of Cassilis and 1st Marquis of Ailsa. In 1870 his elder brother, Viscount Fitzclarence, died. He entered the Army as a Subaltern of the 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (then the 60th Rifles); served in the Afghan War of 1878-80; was present at the engagements at Ahmed Khel and Uraes, near Ghaznee, and accompanied Lord Roberts in the march to Kandahar, and was present at the battle of that name. He also saw service with the 3rd Battalion of his regiment in the Boer War of 1881. He became Captain in 1888, and resigned his commission in the Regular Forces in 1895. After his retirement he joined the Militia Battalion of the Royal Scots, of which Marquis of Lothian was then Honorary Colonel, and after some years' service in command of a company was promoted to the rank of Major. When a battalion was embodied in December 1899, Lord Tewkesbury, as he then was, joined, and has since served with it at, home and in South Africa. For his services at, the front, he was mentioned in Despatches; received the Queen's South African Medal with clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Geoffrey George Gordon, Lord Tewkesbury (now Earl of Munster), Captain and Honorary Major, 3rd Royal Scots. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 29 October 1901. He succeeded to the title in April 1901. Lord Munster was not married. He died from an accident, at the Lace Mines on Sunday, 2 February 1902, being then a Major in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Royal Scots. He was succeeded in the title by his brother, the Honourable Aubrey Fitzclarence, a Gentleman Usher in Ordinary to the King, born June 1862, and also unmarried. Another gallant soldier also descended from William IV and Mrs Jordan was Brigadier General Charles Fitzclarence, VC.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book)
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
TewkesburyGeoffrey George GordonMajor LordHe was accidently killed at Lace Mines, February 2nd, 1902. He was better known by the courtesy title of Lord Tewkesbury, which he bore from the time of the death of his elder brother, Viscount FitzClarence, in 1870, until April 1901, when he succeeded to the Earldom. Geoffry George Gordon, third Earl of Munster, was the third and eldest surviving son of the second Earl by his marriage with Wilhelmina, daughter of the Honourable John Kennedy-Erskine, second son of the twelfth Earl of Cassilis and first Marquis of Ailsa. Major the Earl of Munster was born in July 1859, entered the 6oth Foot from the 1st West York Militia (the 3rd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) June 1879, was promoted Lieutenant February 1881, Captain June 1888, and retired in 1895. He served in the Afghan War December 1879, to October 1880, and was present at the engagements at Ahmed Kheyl and Urzoo, near Ghaznee, and accompanied Earl (then Sir Frederick) Roberts in the march to Kandahar, and was present at the battle of Kandahar, receiving the medal with two clasps and bronze decoration. He also saw service with the 3rd Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the Boer War of 1881. He joined the 3rd Battalion Royal Scots in March 1896, and was promoted Major June 1901. When the battalion was embodied in December 1899, Lord Tewkesbury, as he then was, joined, and had since that time served with it at home and in South Africa. He was mentioned in despatches and received the DSO.
Source: Donner
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
TewkesburyH61045GunnerDied of wounds. Heilbron, 30 May 1900
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
5th Battery, RFA
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