South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901Creswicke, Louis
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South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
=Townshend.=--Lieut.-Col. C. V. F. Townshend, C.B., D.S.O. Entered 1881;
Brev. Lieut.-Col., 1896. _Staff Service_--Employed with Egyptian Army,
1896-98; Spec. Serv., S Africa; Staff Mil. Gov., Bloemfontein, March,
1900. _War Service_--Soudan Ex., 1884-85 (Despatches; medal with 2
clasps; bronze star); Hunza Nagar Ex., 1891-92 (Despatches; medal with
clasp); Op. in Chitral, 1895 (thanked by Govt. of India; Despatches;
Brev. of Maj.; C.B.); Ex. to Dongola, 1896 (Despatches; Brev. of
Lieut.-Col.); Nile Ex., 1898 (Despatches, May and Sept. 1898; D.S.O.); S.
African War; on Staff.
=Towse.=--Capt. E. B. Towse, #V.C.# Entered from Militia, Wiltshire
Regiment, 1885; Capt. Gordon Highlanders, 1896. _War Service_--Op. in
Chitral, 1895 (medal with clasp); Op. on N.W. Frontier of India, 1898 (2
clasps); S. African War, 1899-1900 (Despatches; #V.C.#; severely wounded).
_See_ V.C. list.
[Illustration: CAPTAIN TOWSE
_Photo by Winter, Derby_]
=Trench.=--Lieut.-Col. F. A. Le P. Trench, A.S.C. Lieut.-Col., Feb. 1895.
_Staff Service_--D.A.A.G. Scottish Dist., 1899. _War Service_--S. African
War, 1899-1900.
=Treves.=--Frederick Treves, F.R.C.S. Consulting Surgeon to the Forces in
S. Africa; Member of Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons;
Examiner in Surgery at the University of Cambridge and in Anatomy at the
Universities of Aberdeen and Durham. Mr. Treves was born in 1843, and
married in 1877 to the daughter of Mr. Mason of Dorchester. He has
written innumerable scientific works, and won the Jacksonian Prize Essay
at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1884. Officers and men are deeply
grateful for the skill and devotion he has expended on their behalf
during the present war.
=Trotter.=--Lieut.-Col. J. K. Trotter, C.M.G. Entered R.A. 1870; Col.,
1899. _Staff Service_--Spec. Serv., Bechuanaland, 1884-85; Brig.-Maj.
(Cork Dist.) R.A. and Malta, 1886-90; Staff Capt. (Intell.) Headquarters
of Army, 1890-91; D.A.A.G. (Intell.) Headquarters of Army, 1892-95;
employed on Sierra Leone Boundary Commission, 1895-96; A.A.G. S. Africa,
1899; D.A.G. S. Africa, Jan. 1900. _War Service_--Bechuanaland Ex.,
1884-85 (hon. mentioned); S. African War, 1899-1900; on Staff.
=Tucker.=--Lieut.-Gen. Charles Tucker, C.B. Entered 1855; Maj.-Gen.,
1893. _Staff Service_--Col. on Staff, Natal, 1891-93; Brig.-Gen., Natal,
1893-95; Maj.-Gen., India, 1895-99; Lieut.-Gen. Inf. Div., S. Africa,
1899. _War Service_--Bhootan Ex., 1865-66 (medal with clasp); S. African
War, 1878-79 (Despatches, April and Aug. 1879; medal with clasp; C.B.);
S. African War, 1899-1900; on Staff. Gen. Tucker, born in 1838, is a son
of Mr. Tucker of Ashburton and a daughter of Mr. Hayter,
Painter-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria. As a practical, resourceful, and
rough-and-ready soldier, he has no equal. He was rewarded in 1896 for
"distinguished and meritorious" service with a "good-service" pension.
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