| Anderson | J | | Lieutenant | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0). Lt (Local Captain) HQ Staff (Gen. Carrington's).
Source: BSACM rolls |
| Appelbe | E B | | Lieutenant Colonel | Chief Ordnance Officer. MID LG: 8 February 1901, page: 941. Source: General Buller. 30 March 1900. Re: Ladysmith
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| Aptharp | K P | | Major | Was educated at Charterhouse, and entered the Royal Irish Regiment in 1881. He took part in the Nile Expedition in 1885 (medal with clasp and Khedive's star); the Black Mountain Expedition in 1888 (medal with clasp); acted as ADC to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab from 1889-91, Special. Service Officer at Lucknow from 1892-94, and Adjutant in the Oudh Light Horse from 1894-99; served in the Boer War in 1900-1, including the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony (despatches, medal with two clasps and Kings medal). In 1900 he was appointed a District Commissioner in the Orange River Colony; joined the South African Constabulary in 1901; appointed Secretary, of the ORC Land Settlement Board in 1901, and Director of Land Settlement in 1905. |
| Aston | G G | | Brig Gen | On the Staff
10 of 580 awards |
| Ava | A J L T | | Lieutenant | Demise: Died of wounds 11 Jan 1900
Place: Ladysmith, Wagon Hill
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt |
| Ava | Earl of | | Lieutenant | QSA (3)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Elandslaagte |
| Ava | Earl of | | Lieutenant | QSA (3) CC Eland DoL
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll |
| Babington | | | Major General | MID LG: 16 March 1900, page: 1787. Source: Lieutenant General Methuen. 15 February 1900. Re: Magersfontein
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| Babington | J M | | Major General | Entered 1873; Colonel, 1896. Staff Service: AAG, Punjab, 1896-99. War service: Bechuanaland Expedition, 1884-85 (Despatches); Boer War, 1899-1901; AAG, afterwards Commanding 1st Cavalry Brigade. Second Biography. From Transvaal War Album: General Babington is in command of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, which has done such splendid work on the Western Frontier. When Colonel Pilcher inflicted his crushing blow upon the Boers at Sunnyside on January 1, 1900, General Babington moved out from the Modder River Camp in support, and after doing much fine work' on the Free State Border, he joined Major-General MacDonald at Koodoosberg, utterly discomfiting the Boers who fled as he approached. Afterwards the brigade took a notable part in the invasion of the Free State. The gallant officer's regimental service was with the 16th Lancers, which he joined as a subaltern twenty-six years ago. After nineteen years' service he attained the command of his regiment, which he held for four years, afterwards relinquishing it to take up the appointment of A.A.G. in the Punjab command. His promotion had been rapid, for he had command of a troop after seven years' service, during nearly three years of which he was adjutant, and he was a captain for ten years, being A.D.C. to the General Officer in Command at Aldershot before he was promoted to his majority, a rank which he held only two years. General Babington left the Punjab to assume the command of the Cavalry Brigade in South Africa. This is not his first service in the country, for he went through the Bechuanaland Expedition of 1884-85, and was mentioned in despatches for his good service. He will now reap the benefit of his former experience in South Africa, and it is to be hoped add to the laurels gained by him in that country fifteen years ago against the then troublesome and rebellious Bechuanas. |
| Baden Powell | Robert Stephenson Smyth | | Major General | He was born on the 22nd February 1857. In 1869 he changed his last name to Baden-Powell in honour of his late father, Professor Baden Powell of Oxford. He was a godson of Robert Stephenson, the celebrated engineer. In 1870 he was nominated by the Duke of Marlborough for Charterhouse, where he distinguished himself not only by his mental but moral qualities, while his irrepressible spirits caused him to be looked upon as the life of the school. In addition to his other accomplishments he was a polo-player and pig-sticker, good shot and artist. His favourite mottoes were "Don't flurry; patience gains the day" and "A smile and a stick will carry you through any difficulty in the world". He entered 13th Hussars, 1876; Major General, 23rd May 1900. Staff service: ADC to GOC Cape of Good Hope, 1888; AMS and ADC to GOC Cape of Good Hope, 1888-90; AMS and ADC to Governor of Malta, 1890-93. Special Service, Ashanti, 1895-96; South Africa, 1899-1900. War service: Operations in Zululand, 1888 (honourably mentioned); Ashanti Expedition, 1895-96 (honourably mentioned; Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel, Star); Operations in South Africa, 1896 (Despatches; Brevet of Colonel); South African War, 1899-1900; Mafeking. His troops nicknamed him 'Bathing towel' because of his open bathing habits during the Siege. Afterwards on Staff. Promoted Major General for distinguished services in the field. In 1900 Milner entrusted him with raising and training the South African Constabulary. In 1910 he retired to devote most of the rest of his life to the Boy Scouts Movement started in 1908 as a result of his periodical Scouting for Boys.
Source: List of CB recipients. Various sources |
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