Budgeon | William Thomas | | Lieutenant Colonel | BUDGEN, WILLIAM THOMAS, Colonel, was born on 11 June 1839, son of Major General Budgen, Royal Engineers, and Mrs Budgen (nee F C Maule). He joined the Royal Artillery about 1856; served in the Burma Campaign of 1885-87, commanding RA through most of it, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 25 November 1887]: "William Thomas Budgeon, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, Royal Artillery. For services in Burma". He commanded Royal Artillery, Karachi, Sind, India, 1887-89; Brigadier General commanding Bombay District, India, 1889-94. He died 28 February 1894, at Mentone, France, on his way home from India, of pneumonia, after influenza. He married Olivia G M Jervois, daughter of Major General John Gordon Jervois, RE, of Bath, and had two sons: Temple Gordon de Courcy, Cape Civil Service, served as a private during the South African War (wounded), and also in the European War (two Medals); William Napier, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, RA, DSO, and one daughter: Florence Clara, married, in 1908, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Stratford Tolemache Halliday, VC, CB, RMLI.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Artillery |