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William Knox-Leet was born at Dalkey, County Dublin,
Ireland, on 3 November 1833, though his service papers
state Armagh, Ireland. His father the Reverend Edward
Patrick Leet, was the local rector. Edward married
Sarah Knox, from a local wealthy family in 1825. The
Knox family had set Edward up as the rector of the new
parish of Dalkey and it appears that their price was that
each of their daughter's children should carry their
name.
William had four older brothers, Edward, John,
George and Henry, who all entered military service. He
also had two sisters, Sarah and Mary.
William joined the 13th (Somersetshire) Light
Infantry as Ensign on 4 July, 1855. His service record
tells us that he was acquainted with Latin, Greek and
Hindustani, the latter probably picked up during his
service career in India. He was posted to the 1st
Battalion, and promoted Lieutenant on 1 February
1856. He was in Malta from 17 March until 19 June
1856, moving to Gibraltar with the depot companies
from 20th June to 8th July. On 24 July the 13th and 89th
Regiments were ordered to proceed to the Cape of
Good Hope and the former embarked on the steamship
'Imperatriz' on 7 August bound for Port Elizabeth. The
troops were sent as it was wrongly believed that a
Kaffir war was imminent. Headquarters were established
at Grahamstown on 10 October. The summer of
1856-7 was spent training, road making, and developing
soldiers' gardens. Lt. Colonel Lord Mark Kerr also
weekly examined the junior officers in history, strategy,
tactics and geography.
William was at the Cape from 8 February until 5
November 1857. Whilst there, news of the Indian Mutiny which broke out in May 1857, reached the
Regiment in August. The headquarters of the Regiment
with 500 N.C.O.s and men left for Port Elizabeth on
22nd August, leaving Captain Tyler with 237 other ranks at Grahamstown. On arrival at the coast, the
Regiment discovered that the steamship 'Madras' only
held 400 men, so Major Cox and 100 men were left
behind to bring on the rest of the battalion left at
Grahamstown. In November they collected at Port
Elizabeth, including William Knox Leet. The nine
officers and 252 men, under Major Cox, formed the left
wing. They embarked on HMS Megeara on 6
November, arriving in Calcutta on 18 January 1858.
William's first service was rendered during the
Indian Mutiny campaign of 1858-59, being present at
eight engagements. He served with his battalion under
Lord Mark Kerr,and as staff officer with various
columns during the Central India and Trans-Gogra
Operations, including Gorakhpur and Oudh. He was
present as orderly officer to Colonel Cox in the actions
at Amorah on April 17 and April 25,1858.
The left wing of the Regiment under Colonel Cox
were at Amorah, 70 miles west of Gorakhpur, and they
formed part of the 'Sarun Field Force' under Brigadier
Rowcroft. On 17 April they engaged the enemy near
Belwah village. The mutineers were dispersed in
intense heat with a loss of 200-300 men and a 6-
pounder gun. The 13th lost two men wounded. On 25
April they were engaged again, the camp being
attacked by three columns of the enemy. This attack by
around 4000 men with 4 guns, was easily repulsed.
The Sarun Field Force marched on 27 April to
Captaingunge and on 29th, some of the enemy assembled
in the town of Nugger, some six miles away. A
column under Major Cox was sent to deal with around
1000 men. The left wing 13th Light Infantry was made
up of 5 officers and 151 men under the command of
Capt. Kerr. The enemy were dispatched with regimental
casualties amounting to one sergeant and one private
injured.
At Nugger William acted as staff officer to the field
force on April 29, as he did at Amorah on June 9. On 30
April,Major Cox wrote; "Lt. Leet acted as staff officer to
my entire satisfaction." He was mentioned twice in
Brigadier Rowcroft's dispatches published in the
London Gazette on 28 July and 16 November 1858. These
were published in General orders by Lord Clyde,
commander in chief in India for 'conspicuous steadiness
and zeal in carrying and explaining orders under
heavy fire' at Amorah, and for performing the duties of
staff officer most satisfactorily at Nugger.
In the attack on and the retreat from the fort of
Jugdespore on 28 October 1858 he served as adjutant of
the 13th Light Infantry, being mentioned in an unpublished
despatch by Lord Kerr. He also took part in the
engagement at Toolsepore on 23 December, and in the
operations at Tirhoot and the Nepaul Terai, including
the two engagements at Bootwall on 25th March and
28th March 1859. For these services he was awarded
the Indian Mutiny medal with Central India clasp.
From 2 August 1858 until 20 June 1864 he was
adjutant, 13th Light Infantry. On 22 December 1862 the
1st Battalion, moved to Dum Dum via Agra, arriving
on 21 January 1863. William became station staff officer
until 8 October 1863, when the headquarters and four
companies proceeded to Fort William, Calcutta. He had returned from India on 3 March 1864. He then became captain on 4 November. On 14th February 1866 his
mother, Sarah Knox died at Rathdown. From 1 August
1867 to 10 March 1869 the two depot companies of the
battalion were based at Shorncliffe, where William was
instructor of musketry with the 10th Depot Battalion.
Then under the command of Captain Knox Leet they
proceeded to Winchester and were attached to the 7th
(Rifle) Depot Battalion. From 20 August 1870 to 29
September 1871 he returned to Gibraltar. On 12 April
1871 William married Charlotte Elizabeth Anne
Sherlock at the Church of Holy Trinity ,Cork, Ireland.
His first son Bertie Fielding Knox Leet was born on 26
April 1873 at Youghal, Cork. On 30 September 1871 he
became musketry instructor at the School of Musketry,
Hythe. Then From 1 July 1872 until 30 September 1877
he was deputy assistant adjutant general and quartermaster
at Cork, Ireland.
As a keen tennis player, he won a cup at the All
England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, although his
son Dudley beheved that his father also won a silver
cup whilst serving at the School of Musketry.
The 1st Battalion, 13th Light Infantry sailed to South
Africa and arrived in January 1875. Wilham Knox Leet
arrived at the Cape on 14 May 1878, having been
promoted brevet-major on 1 October 1877, and major
on 1 May 1878. Whilst in South Africa, his father
Edward died on 8 June 1878, a widower and clerk in
holy orders aged 79.
William took part in the Sekukuni Campaign in
October 1878. The various actions failed to bring about
the downfall of Sekukuni, a Bapedi chief, who lived in
the north-east Transvaal. Shortly after this, the 1st 13th
Regiment reformed and marched to Utrecht on 13th
December, 1878, joining Colonel Evelyn Wood VC to
form part of No.4 Column ready for the Anglo-Zulu
War of 1879.
Briefly at the start of the advance into Zululand,
Major Leet commanded the depot set up at Balte Spruit
Laager, 20 miles south of Utrecht on 3 January with two
companies of his battallon, and two guns. They were
relieved in February.
Colonel Wood had achieved success in gaining the
defection of Chief Uhamu, half brother to King
Cetewayo, along with members of his tribe. These
Zulus were organised into a unit known as Wood's
Irregulars. They were placed under the command of
Major Knox Leet from 7 February until 5 May 1879. He
served with Wood's Column throughout the war and
was present at the Zunguin engagement leading his
men in the storming of the Intombi Valley in February
1879. He was commended by Colonel Buller CB for the
admirable manner in which he led his men.
He was now in camp at Khambula. At the end of
February at the Athletic Sports he captained a team of
13th Light Infantry officers in a tug-of-war against
officers of the 90th Light Infantry captained by Colonel
Wood. Major Leet wrenched his knee out of joint whilst
losing.
After this, Colonel Wood tried to persuade Major
Leet to remain in camp whilst the troops moved to
attack Hlobane. But he decided to go and joined the column led by Redvers Buller, leading the 2nd
Battalion, Wood's Irregulars, on 27th March. Lt. Col.
Buller with various detachments, including Major Leet
and the 277 Irregulars were to attempt the eastern end
from the Ityentika Nek, detaching Major Leet to block
the western end, until the arrival of Lt.Col. Russell's
party. By 7am Leet's men had collected 2,000 head of
cattle, drove them down to the lower or western
plateau, and handed them over to Russell's men. On
reaching the top of Hlobane mountain, he was sent
with Major Tremlett, R.A. to inspect the pass at the
western end of the mountain. They came across Lt.
Edward Browne, 24th Regiment, and a party of men.
They told Major Leet that the pass down to Ntendeka
would not be easy for mounted troops to descend by.
Major Leet described what he saw as Buller and his
men were chased across the plateau by the Zulus:
'Duller came up and said we had better mount
our horses and get down the krantz (Devil's
Pass) on to the lower mountain at once.... with so
many men and horses to get down the operation
at any time would have been an extremely difficult
one, but with the enemy pressing on it
appeared impossible... I looked at once to this
lower mountain expecting to see Lieutenant
Colonel Russell's force ready to cover our retreat,
but not a man was to be seen and it immediately
became apparent that a catastrophe was
inevitable.'
Once a retreat had been ordered Leet informed
Buller that it would be best to keep to the right hand
side of the pass. The men of Leet's unit went down first,
their C.O. remaining on the summit. The first few men
were able to pick their own way down what became
known as "The Devil's Pass", leading their horses. By
the end it was total confusion.
Among the brave individuals who kept cool, was
Major Leet, who put his own life at risk to save a
colleague. He himself was already unable to walk,and
would have been useless if he had not been able to
remain mounted. Major Leet's horse was shot, so he
caught hold of a pack-horse carrying ammunition
boxes, which he managed to dislodge with his knife.
When this horse was also shot, he grabbed a third, with
no bridle. It was at this point that he saw Lt. A. Metcalfe
Smith of the Frontier Light Horse on foot, and about to
shoot himself. Leet swept him up behind him, and they
rode downhill, eventually reaching Kambula safely.
Major Leet was the only man in the column to ride up
the eastern trail, and then descend the pass without
dismounting.
Lt. A. Metcalfe Smith's letter dated 31 March at
Kambula was published in the Illustrated London News:
"I am most anxious to bring to notice that, in the
retreat from the Hlobane Mountain on the 28th,
Major Leet of the 13th Light Infantry, who was
quite a stranger to me, saved my life, with almost
the certainty of losing his own life by doing
so. We were going along the top of the mountain,
pursued by the Zulus, when Major Leet said to
Colonel Buller that the best way to get the men
down was by the right side; and the Colonel said it was, and called out so to the men. However,
everyone but Major Leet, myself, and one other
man, kept on to the front of the mountain; while
we began to descend on the right. Major Leet
and the other man were on horseback, but I was
on foot, my horse having been shot. When we
had got down a little way a great many Zulus
rushed after us, and were catching us up very
quickly. The side of the mountain was dreadfully
steep and rugged, and there was no pathway at
all. They were firing and throwing their assegais
at us while they rushed upon us. The third man
(Lt.Duncombe of Wood's Irregulars) was killed
about halfway down.
While I was running by myself and trying to get
away from the Zulus, who were rapidly catching
me up, I turned round and shot one with my
revolver. I was then quite exhausted and out of
breath, and intended to sit down and give up all
chance of saving my life, as the Zulus were
within a few yards of me. But Major Leet
persisted in waiting for me, and called to me to
catch hold of the pack-saddle he was riding,
which I did. Major Leet then finding that I could
not keep beside the horse, I was so done up and
the hill so steep, insisted (though I told him it
was no use) on stopping and dragging me up
behind him on the horse, which was also greatly
exhausted. By good luck, he escaped from the
bullets and assegais of the Zulus and got near the
Colonel's men, coming down the end of the
mountain. Had it not been for Major Leet,
nothing could have saved me, and I owe him the
deepest gratitude, which I shall feel as long as I
live."
The Times of Saturday May 17th reported as follows:
"Gallant deeds must be recorded in connection
with this day's events. Major Leet, 1st Battalion,
13th Regiment, after losing his horse, mounted
an Artillery pack-horse, and, taking a wrong turn
in the descent from the western plateau of the
Zlobani, found his course arrested by a sheer
precipice. A few minutes before this he had taken
up behind him another officer, whose horse was
dead. Turning from the precipice, they must now
face the enemy, who were hurrying down the
mountain, assegai in hand, and escape seemed
impossible; but closely following on foot came
Lieutenant Duncombe, of Wood's irregulars, who
had been obliged to abandon his wounded
horse. Disregarding the entreaties of Major Leet
to hold on to his horse. Lieutenant Duncombe
remained behind, and deliberately shot three
Zulus when within a few paces from him. Every
moment was now of value, and the enemy
halted, evidently cowed by the loss of their
comrades. Urging his horse over the slippery
rocks. Major Leet hurried down the mountain,
the officer behind him holding him round the
waist, and in this way safely joined the rest of the
troops now in retreat over the plains below.
Lieutenant Duncombe has never been seen again and doubtless was surrounded and assegaid."
This gallant action was to earn Major Leet mentions
in dispatches by Colonel Wood for "most distinguished
courage, "and by Colonel Buller for "conspicuous and
cool courage." He was nominated for a Victoria Cross,
one of five awarded at Hlobane. This was gazetted 17
June 1879. The citation read:
'Major William K. Leet, 1st Battalion, 13th
Regiment, for his gallant conduct on the 28th of
March, 1879, in rescuing from the Zulus
Lieutenant A. M. Smith, of the Frontier Light
Horse, during the retreat from the Zlobani.
Lieutenant Smith, while on foot, his horse
having been shot, was closely pursued by the
Zulus, and would have been killed had not Major
Leet taken him upon his horse and rode with
him, under the fire of the enemy, to a place of
safety.'
The battle at Hlobane was disastrous. Fifteen
officers and seventy-nine men had been killed, with
many others wounded. Wood's Irregulars deserted that
night. Within twenty-four hours, Leet was selected by
Colonel Wood to command the redoubt at Kambula, a
key position. He commanded two companies of his
regiment, led by Captain W. H. Evans and Lieutenant
E.J.Fownes, Laye's company of the 90th, and
Nicolson's two mounted guns. The battle lasted around
four hours, until the enemy retreated. Major Leet
would not allow any ammunition to be wasted, he was
always on the move.
Leet's name had been mentioned in dispatches in
both actions, {London Gazette 28.3.1879 and 7.5,1879)
and he received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel, the
Victoria Cross and the medal with clasp. He took part
in subsequent operations of the Flying Column, and
was part of the square at Ulundi.
In early May 1879, Major Leet resigned his appointment.
The following order was published:
'Major Leet, 1st Bn. 13th Light Infantry, having
tendered his resignation of the appointment of
Corps Commandant of Wood's Irregulars, in
consequence of an accident which renders him
temporarily unfit for active service in the field.
Brigadier General Wood is obliged, though most
unwillingly, to accept it. He desires to record his
thorough appreciation of the good services done
by Major Leet, and of his distinguished gallantry
in the action at Zlobane on the 28th of March,
when, at the imminent risk of his own life, he
saved Lieutenant Smith, F.L.H., from the hands
of the enemy'
William returned from the Cape on 6 September 1879.
Wood's speech as guest of honour at a Fishmonger's
Company banquet was quoted in the Illustrated London
News on 4th October 1879:
'Beresford, Browne, Leet, and Buller are now
well-known names, and I am proud to claim
them as comrades. You all know how they
gained their Victoria Crosses. In each case they
carried off soldiers who must else have fallen
under the Zulu assegais. You probably do not
know, however, that when Major Leet took up on a tired pony the double burden, he incurred a
double risk, because he went into the fight so
crippled by a sprained knee that, once
dismounted, he could not have made an effort to
escape.'
Lieutenant Smith presented Major Leet with a silver
cup for saving his life. On 9th December 1879 he
received his Victoria Cross from Queen Victoria at
Windsor Castle, together with Corporal Allen. This was
the third VC to be awarded to the 13th Regiment. Leet
arrived shortly after the other recipients. Groups of
spectators gathered at the foot of the Round Tower,
despite the wintry weather (snow was still lying in the
Grand Quadrangle). Her Majesty the Queen, who was
accompanied by Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice,
and attended by Sir H. Ponsonby, Colonel Du Plat and
the ladies in waiting, proceeded at 3pm. to the corridor
for the ceremony. The recipients were named to the
Queen by the Lord-in-Waiting and by Lord
Chelmsford. Lady Chelmsford and Colonel Sir Evelyn
and the Hon. Lady Wood were also invited. Her
Majesty asked them questions about their heroic deeds
before presenting their medals. The Queen withdrew
after the ceremony, and the men were presented to
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, who had shown
considerable interest in the proceedings. Later on the
non-commissioned officers and men were entertained
in the hall of the palace, leaving at around 4pm on their
return to the Victoria Barracks, where they had been
since their arrival in Windsor. As they passed down the
hill and through the town, they were greeted by
residents.
Leet was promoted brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on
29th November 1879 at Devonport and became
Lieutenant-Colonel on 1st July 1881 aged 47. Whilst at
Raglan Barracks, Devonport his second son, Dudley
Knox Leet, was born on 2 June 1881. On 1st May 1883,
Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert retired from the command
of the 2nd Battalion and was succeeded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Knox Leet. He became colonel on 29th
November 1883, and was in command during the
expedition to Mandalay, Upper Burma. William was
based in Rangoon with the family before rejoining the
Regiment at Mandalay from leave on 4 June 1885. He
received the Indian general service medal, with Burma
clasp, 1885-87. His wife Charlotte died on 16 June 1886.
On 2nd April 1887, Brigadier-General East, commander
1st Brigade, published the following order:
'On the departure of the 'Prince Albert's' (2nd
Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry) from the
Brigade under his command the General Officer
Commanding desires to place on record his high
appreciation of the services rendered by that
Battalion whilst in Upper Burma. Colonel Knox
Leet and all ranks of the Battalion carry with
them) the Brigadier General's best wishes for
their welfare in the future.' Signed G. Simpson,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Brigade Major 1st Brigade,
Burma Field Force.
In Burma the Battalion lost about 140 officers and
men, many from disease rather than from enemy
action. The Battalion left for Rangoon, then embarked for Madras, and proceeded to Belgium. Colonel Knox
Leet was among officers mentioned in dispatches. On
1st July 1887 Lt Colonel W. Cox was appointed to the
command of the 2nd Battalion in succession to Colonel
William Knox Leet, V.C. who retired on 1 May 1887. He
was appointed Companion of the Bath and honourary
major-general on 1st July, 1887.
William was only short in stature as his great
nephew Edward points out in a letter to the Regimental
Secretary at Taunton dated 8 August 1951 in which he
recalls that in 1916 an officer had approached him
saying, "I would have known you anywhere by your
hkeness to your father, and, if you will excuse me for
saying so, you sit a horse exactly as he did, and, if I'm
not going too far, you won't mind me saying that he
never went on parade unmounted if he could avoid it,
because like you, sir, he was a very short man, and was
sensitive about it if you don't mind me saying so!"
Whilst flattered, Edward pointed out that he was only
a nephew and not a son.
In 1889 a Burma Memorial was erected in Taunton
to commemorate those members of the 2nd Battalion
who lost their lives during the Burma War. William was
present when the memorial was officially handed over
to the town authorities. He settled in South London,
and his last will and testament were drawn up at
'Sunnyside', Ailsa Road, St. Margaret's Parish,
Twickenham, on 13th January 1896. He died at Grove
House, (now called 'Holders'), Great Chart, near Ashford, Kent on 29th June, 1898 at the age of sixty-five
in the presence of his son Bertie Fielding. He had been
a paraplegic for three years. He was buried privately in
the churchyard there.
In his Will it states:
'To my beloved son Bertie Fielding Knox Leet I
bequeath my Victoria Cross, Cross of the Bath
and War Medals and Clasps, the silver cup
presented to me by A.M. Smith, my military
sword and scabbard and the gold medal which
my father was awarded in Trinity College,
Dublin to be preserved as heirlooms. I leave to
my said son my Cornelian signet ring, my coral
breast pin (cherub), my large likeness in frame,
the painted likenesses of my father, mother and
two sisters, and his mother's watch and chain
(gold) and signet ring. To my beloved son
Dudley Knox Leet I leave my bloodstone signet
ring, my Guards watch, my coral bead breast
pin, my carbuncle wrist links, my small silver
cup won at Wimbledon, the Burmese dagger
with ivory handle and silver sheath given to me
by the Swabwa of Theban, and his mother's
wedding ring.'
Probate of the Will was granted to brother Henry, a
retired captain in the Royal Navy and his friend Robert
Arthur Jalland on 2 September 1898. His effects
amounted to £10,235 1s 11d.
Bertie married Elizabeth Snudden, former family
housekeeper in 1908. William's will stated 'I desire that
the young lady Elizabeth Maud Snudden (alias Moore)
who has lost both father and mother and has done her
duty as housekeeper so well to me and my family shall
receive a year's salary (£25) free of duty and I
commend her to my executors and trust they will
endeavour to obtain employment for her similar if
possible to that which she has held in my family so that
she will be enabled to support herself independently of
her family.' She died on 17 March 1930 at Farnham,
Surrey, and Bertie died on 9 November 1950 at
Farnham. Dudley married a Portuguese lady and went
out to Mozambique, where he apparently grew cotton
at one time. The last news of him was in the early 1950s
when he may have had a family in Beira. He is believed
to have had a daughter named Laura who died in the
jungle of blackwater fever when still a child. William's
last family descendant, his grandaughter, Mollie
Starkey died on 22 January 1994.
Colonel Hunt, regimental secretary in Taunton in
the 1950s followed up every clue to try and obtain the
medals for the Regimental Museum. It took over a year
and correspondence with many relatives finally to get
the approval of William's son, Dudley for his cousin
Edward, then living in France, to hand over the V.C.
and other medals to the Somerset Light Infantry
Museum.
In July 1951 Edward, who was visiting his daughter,
Mrs Lyall in Kensington, wrote to the Commanding
Officer at The Somerset Light Infantry Depot in
Taunton regarding an officer's address (Col. Cossens).
Colonel Hunt replied and took the opportunity to
enquire about the medals. In a reply dated 21st July Edward stated that by an extraordinary coincidence his
uncle's decorations and medals came into his possession
on July 19th - two days before his reply! On visiting
England he decided to visit his cousin Bertie's
widow, Mrs Dora Knox Leet, living at Rowledge,
Farnham. She passed them on to Edward to ensure
they remained in the family. By August Edward had
returned to his home in Villefranche Sur Mer in France.
In early November Dudley Knox Leet wrote from
Portuguese East Africa to Colonel Hunt, promising to
donate the medals. They had been kept in a heavy
polished oak case with a bevelled glass front and lock
and key. Dudley wished to keep the miniatures which
did not include the CB. At the end of November
Edward wrote again suggesting his daughter, Mrs Lyall,
bring them across the Channel and then post them
(registered) from London, without the case. On New
Year's Eve Edward wrote stating that Mrs Lyall took
them with her when she flew to London on 20th
December but kept them over the Christmas mail rush.
He states that he had been very poorly, six weeks on his
back, but was hoping to spend the summer in Ireland.
(He eventually made it to Dublin where he died on
August 10th 1952.) The medals arrived in 1952. The
V.C. is kept in a bank, under the safe keeping of the
Trustees of the Museum. A replica V.C. and other
decorations are now on display at the Somerset County
and Military Museum in Taunton.
As part of the celebrations to mark the centenary of
the founding of the order of the V.C., a special service
was held in the church and at the grave side of
St.Mary's, Great Chart on 22nd July, 1956 at 11a.m. The
service was conducted by the Rector, the Rev. Reginald
W. Lee. Led by Mr. R. Barnes, Great Chart branch of the
British Legion paraded at the grave side, to which Mr.
T. H. Harrison, representing the Legion, carried a case
containing Major General Leet's V.C., C.B., Indian
Mutiny, Zulu and Burma War medals. Mr. Barnes made
the Act of Remembrance, and General Sir William
Wyndham Green of New Romney read the citation.
The grave was flanked by the Union Jack and
St.George's Flag and under the inscription was hung a
wreath of poppies: 'For Valour.' Also taking part were Mr. L. V. Chater and Mr. E. G. Kingsland,
Church warden and the Choir.
The Vicar said "the stone had been newly
cleaned, and a man from The British Legion
laid beautiful new turf, and the ivy on the wall
behind the headstone had all been clipped, and
the surrounding part of the churchyard was
mowed and rolled." For several years the local
branch of the Royal British Legion kept the
grave in good repair. In the early 1990s
Graham Palmer, a church warden and ex-army
man, had the grave restored. He got the Co-Op
Funeral and Masonry Services, Ashford to give
an estimate of a few hundred pounds, and
invited the regiment to contribute. They asked
him to put the work in hand, and it was done in
late 1992. They took out the old letters, some of
which were missing, refurbished the stone and
cleaned it, and new lead letters were put in. The
total cost was £347.80. The lettering reads: In
Loving Memory of Major-General William Knox Leet,
V.C.,C.B., of The Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light
Infantry. Died 29th June 1898, aged 65 years.
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