A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895Ross, J. (John)
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A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895
Ross, J. (John)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901; Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards
Much affected by the heavy losses sustained by his “First Brigade,” the
Duke of Cambridge came early into the Guards camp, where the few men
present turned out to cheer him.
“Accompanied by his Aide-de-camp, the brave and popular Macdonald, the
Royal General was assiduous in his attentions to the wounded
Guardsmen, sympathizing in cheering tones with the livid wretches that
still breathed, and shedding tears of manly sorrow upon the mangled
clay of those who had completed their last tour of earthly duty.”[292]
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Footnote 292:
_Our Veterans, etc._ , p. 314.
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The funeral of the numerous Coldstream Officers formed a most sad
procession. Seven—Dawson, Cowell, MacKinnon, Eliot, Ramsden, Disbrowe,
and Greville—were laid to rest in one grave, in a small rocky ravine
near the Windmill. Bouverie’s body was only recovered late on the 6th,
and he was buried by the side of Lieut.-Colonel Hunter-Blair of the
Scots Fusilier Guards, who survived the action twenty-four hours.
“It was really enough to unman anybody; poor fellows! far away from
all their friends and relations; poor Greville, whose death killed his
mother, everybody loved him; we laid them side by side, and I remember
the earth pattering on their poor bodies with dull hollow sound.”[293]
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Footnote 293:
Tower, _Diary_ . All the Guards Officers were buried in this spot.
During the winter of 1855, more than a year later, their bodies were
exhumed, and were properly interred on Cathcart’s Hill, where they now
lie.
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