Australian station and A.D.C. to Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria. Lieut. Pearson was born in May, 1876, and
entered the Rifle Brigade from the Devon Artillery
Militia in July, 1897, being promoted lieut. Aug., 1899.
He served in the campaign in the Soudan under Lord
(then Sir Herbert) Kitchener, 1898, with the 2nd Batt
Rifle Brigade, and was present at the battle of Khartoum,
receiving the British medal and Khedive's medal with
clasp. Lieut. Pearson accompanied his battalion to South
Africa, Oct., 1899, and served in Ladysmith during the
siege up to the date of his death.

Pechell. — Capt. Charles Augustus Kerr Pechell, 3rd
Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action at
Cannon Kopje in the defence of Mafeking, Oct. 31st,
1899. He was the son of Admiral Mark Robert Pechell,
and a grand nephew of Sir G. S. Pechell, Bart. He was
born July, 1869, educated at Eton (Mr. Everard's), and
entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps in Nov., 1890, being
promoted lieut. Aug., 1893, and capt. Dec, 1898. He
was employed with the Bechuanaland Division British
South African Police from Aug., 1898. This officer's
death is mentioned in the despatch of Major.-Gen. Baden-
Powell, from Mafeking, May 18th, 1900, L.G., Feb.
8th, 1901. Capt. Pechell was the younger brother of
Capt. M. H. K. Pechell, who was killed at the battle of
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Pechell. — Capt. Mark Horace Kerr Pechell, 1st Batt.
King's Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action at the
battle of Talana Hill, Oct. 20th, 1899. He was the son
of Admiral Mark Robert Pechell, and grand-nephew
of Sir G. S. Pechell, Bart. He was born in Sept.,
1867, educated at Eton (Mr. Tarver's), and entered the
Royal Irish Rifles, Feb., 1888. He was transferred to the
King's Royal Rifle Corps in the following July, being
promoted lieut. May, 1890, and capt. March, 1896.
Although only 32 years of age, he had been in five
previous campaigns. He served in the Hazara Expe-
dition, 1891, with the 1st battalion of his regiment
(medal with clasp) ; also in the Miranzai Expedition,
1891, with the same battalion, including the engagements
at Sangar and Mastan (clasp) ; and with the Isazai Ex-
pedition, 1892. His next experience of active service was
with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Herbert Low,
1895, with the 1st battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
from April nth to the close of the operations, receiving
the medal with clasp. Capt. Pechell took part in 1898,
in the Nile Expedition, and was present at the battles of
the Atbara and Khartoum, being mentioned in despatches,
L.G., Sept. 30th, 1898, and granted the medal, and
Egyptian medal with two clasps. In 1897 he was selected
for employment in the Egyptian army, but, in Sept., 1899,
joined the first battalion of his regiment in Natal. At the
battle of Talana, his company was extending behind a wall,
and to show above this cover immediately drew the fire of
a dozen Boer Mausers. It was here that Capt. Pechell fell
while endeavouring to return the Boer fire. He is buried
in the cemetery just below Talana Hill.

Peel. — Lieut. Frank Gerald Peel, Loch's Horse, died
of enteric, at Springfontein, May 22nd, 1900.

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Guards, died of enteric, at Bloemfontein, April 16th,
1900. He was born in April, 1863, and educated at
Wellington, where he was in Griffith's, 1876-78. He
entered the 2nd Life Guards from the 5th Batt. Royal
Irish Rifles in May, 1885, being promoted capt. Nov.,
1893. He took part in the relief of Kimberley and the
advance on Bloemfontein.

Perceval. — Lieut. Edward Perceval, 4th Batt. King's
Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action at Paardeberg,
Feb. 18th, 1900. He was born in Jan., 1877, educated at
Winchester, and entered his regiment March, 1898, being
promoted lieut. Oct., 1899. He proceeded to South Africa
in Oct., 1899, to serve with the M.I.

Perkins. — Lieut. C. N. Perkins joined the Imperial
Light Horse in Sept., 1899. He was educated at St.
John's School, Leatherhead, where he was in his school
cricket and football teams. In South Africa he saw much
service under General Sir R. Buller and Lieut. -Gen. Sir
J. D. P. French, and was present at all the battles on the
Tugela. It is stated that he was one of the first twenty to
enter Ladysmith. He afterwards served in the Western
Transvaal, and was promoted to a lieutenantcy in the
Commander-in-Chief's Body Guard. He returned home
in July, 1901, and afterwards was employed in West Africa,
where he died of cerebral meningitis.

Petre. — Capt. the Hon. Joseph Lucius Henry Petre
Loyal Suffolk Hussars Yeomanry, was killed in action
at Spion Kop, Jan. 24th, 1900. He was the youngest son
of the late William Bernard, twelfth Lord Petre, was
thirty-three years of age, a good sportsman and bold rider.
He was educated at a model school at Woburn Park, kept
by his elder brother, Monsignor Petre, and afterwards at
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Thornycroft's M.I. at the time of his death, and was
mentioned in despatches, L.G., Feb. 8th, igoi.

Phillips. — Lieut. A. Phillips, 49th Company I.Y., was
killed in action at Nonskraal, in the Fauresmith district,
Dec. 25th, igoi.

Pickard. — Lieut. H. W. Pickard, Roberts' Horse, died
at Bloemfontein, April 18th, igoo.

Pigott.— Lieut. Hugh P. Pigott, Thorneycroft's M.I.,
died of enteric and pleurisy at Standerton Hospital, Nov.
12th, 1900. He was the only son of Major J. C. M.
Pigott, Reserve of Officers, late Royal Berkshire Regt.,
who was at one time D.A.A. and Q.M.G. Southern District.
Lieut. Pigott was twenty-two years of age at the time of
his death.

Pile. — Major Lionel Lewis Pile, 1st Batt. East
Lancashire Regt., died of enteric at Heilbron, Dec.
4th, 1901. He was born in Nov., 1S59, and educated
at Clifton. He entered the 59th Foot (now the 2nd Batt.
East Lancashire Regt.) in Jan. 18S0, being promoted
lieut. July, 1881, was attached to the Army Service
Corps, August 1889 to August 1894, became capt. Nov.
1890, and major Sept., 1901. Major Pile had served in
South Africa from the commencement of the war, and
had been employed as brigade-major in 1900.

Pilkington.— Lieut. Frederick Ernest Chomley Pilking-
ton, 18th Hussars, was killed in action at Waterval, near
Vryheid, Oct. 6th, 1901. He was born Oct., 1873,
entered the 18th Hussars from the 3rd Batt. Royal
Irish Fusiliers (Armagh Militia) in Dec, i8gg, and was
promoted lieut. Feb., igoi. Lieut. Pilkington joined his
regiment in South Africa in March, igoi, and served with
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Pilkington. — 2nd Lieut. Thomas Douglas Pilkington
1st Royal Dragoons, was killed in action at Kaalbosh-
fontein, July nth, 1900. He was the son of Thomas
Pilkington, Esq., J. P. and D.L., of Sandside, Caithness,
and St. Helen's, Lancashire. 2nd Lieut. Pilkington was
born in June, 1876, educated at Eton (Mr. Durnford's),
and entered the Royal Dragoons from the 3rd Batt.
South Lancashire Regt. in June, 1897. He was a D.L.
for Caithness-shire. He had served in South Africa from
the commencement of the war, having embarked with his
regiment in Oct. 1899.

Piper. — Quartermaster and Hon. Lieut. Thomas Piper,
2nd Batt. Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regt.,
died at Newcastle, Natal, on June 27th, 1902, from
inflammation. He was born June, 1858, served in the
ranks for over fourteen years, as warrant officer for nearly
four years ; and was appointed quartermaster to the Essex
Regt., in Oct., 1S94. Lieut. Piper exchanged to the 2nd
Batt. Middlesex Regt. in Aug., 1899, and embarking with
it in Nov. he served throughout the war including the
operations on the Tugela and the relief of Ladysmith.
He was present at the actions at Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz,
and Pieter's Hill, and afterwards took part in the opera-
tions in Natal, March to May, 1900, and in the advance
into the Transvaal, July to Nov., 1900. He was mentioned
in despatches, L.G., Sept. 10th, 1901.

Pipe-Wolferstan. — Lieut. Humphrey Francis Pipe-
Wolferstan, 2nd Batt. King's Own Scottish Borderers,
was killed in action at Spion Kop in the operations on
the Upper Tugela, Jan. 24th, 1900. He was born in
March, 1874, educated at Rugby, 1888-92, and entered
the King's Own Scottish Borderers, March, 1894, being
promoted lieut. May, 1897. He served with the Chitral
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battalion of his regiment, including the capture of the
Malakand Pass, the passage of the Swat River, and the
engagement at Panjkora (medal with clasp). Lieut. Pipe-
Wolferstan also served with his battalion in the campaign
on the North-West Frontier of India under the late Sir
William Lockhart, 1897-98, in the Tirah Expeditionary
Force, and was present at the engagement at Dargai, Oct.
18th, at the forcing of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes,
in the operations in the Dwatoi country and in the Bara
Valley, being mentioned in despatches and receiving two
clasps. When killed, Lieut. Pipe-Wolferstan, who had
volunteered for active service, was attached to the 2nd
Batt. King's Own Lancaster Regt. He was a brother of
Lieut.-Col. E. S. Pipe-Wolferstan, 4th Batt. North
Staffordshire Regt.

Piatt.— 2nd Lieut. Cecil Sherman Piatt, 5th Dragoon
Guards, died of enteric in Ladysmith, Jan. 5th, 1900.
He was born in Aug., 1877, educated at Eton (Mr.
Everard's and Mr. Lowry's), and entered the 5th Dragoon
Guards from the Militia in Nov., 1898. 2nd Lieut. Piatt
accompanied his regiment from India in Sept., 1899, and
served in Natal and in Ladysmith up to the date of his
death.

Plomer. — Capt. Alfred Durham Plomer, 1st Batt.
King's (Liverpool Regt.), died Aug. 29th, 1900, at
Nooitgedacht of wounds received in action at Dalmanutha,
Aug. 23rd. He was born in Feb., 1868, educated at
Cheltenham College, and entered the Liverpool Regt. in
March, 1889, being promoted lieut. Aug., 1890, and capt.
July, 1896. Capt. Plomer, who was serving at the
depot of his regiment on the outbreak of the war, pro-
ceeded to South Africa in Jan., 1900, and served with his
battalion in Natal after the relief of Ladysmith, and in
the Transvaal. His name is inscribed on the Eleanor
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Plumbe. — Major John Hulke Plumbe, Royal Marine
Light Infantry, was killed in action at Graspan, Nov.
25th, 1899. The third son of the late Dr. S. A. Plumbe,
of Maidenhead, he was born in 1858, and educated
at the Oxford Military College. He entered the Royal
Marines in 1877, was promoted capt. 1880, and major
1885, and is stated to have been a highly qualified officer,
being a specialist in gunnery, fortification, torpedoes,
and other subjects. He served in the Royal Marine
Batt. in Egypt in 1882, and was present at every action
in which it was engaged from the occupation of
Alexandria to the actions of Tel-el-Mahuta, Kassassin,
Aug. 28th, Kassassin, Sept. 9th, and Tel-el-Kebir, where
he was slightly wounded in the hand and hip. He
received the medal with clasp and bronze star. In the
battle of Graspan Major Plumbe was in command of the
Royal Marines belonging to the Naval Brigade. In this
action their losses amounted to forty-three per cent., due
to the " unflinching and self-sacrificing heroism of the
troops that led the assault." Three officers and 72 men of
the Royal Marines were killed or wounded out of a total
of 5 officers and 190 men. In the Naval Brigade Major
Plumbe, Commander Ethelston, Captain Senior, and Mid-
shipman Huddart were killed, and almost all the petty and
non-commissioned officers were struck down. Just before
he was killed Major Plumbe said, "Rush for the hill, men,"
and when mortally wounded his last words were, " For-
ward ! never mind me." A pet dog he took into action
with him watched by his body for six hours, until the
arrival of the ambulance. Major Plumbe was at first
buried on the battlefield, but on the morning of Nov. 26th
his body was moved, and he now lies close to Enslin
Station beside Commander Ethelston and Capt. Senior.
Their graves are marked by a large cross. Major
Plumbe's servant, Private Doran, died of his wounds.
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scribed on the monument erected in the Cambridge
enclosure, St. James's Park, by the officers and men of
the Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry, in
memory of their comrades who fell in South Africa and
China. (See Commander Ethelston.)

Pollard - Lowsley. — Lieut. Inglis de Lisle Pollard-
Lowsley, Royal Garrison Artillery, died of enteric at
Middelburg, Transvaal, Feb. 26th, 1901. He was the
eldest son of Lieut.-Col. Lowsley, late Royal Engineers,
was born in Nov., 1875, and educated at Cheltenham.
He entered the Royal Artillery from the Militia, July,
1896, being promoted lieut. July, 1899. Lieut. Pollard-
Lowsley went to South Africa in March, 1900, for special
duty with pom-poms, and commanded a section till the
time of his death. His name is inscribed on the Eleanor
Cross Memorial at Cheltenham College.

Pollok. — 2nd Lieut. John Frederick Pollok, 9th
Lancers, died at Bappisfontein, June 2nd, 1900, of
wounds received in action the same day at Orange Grove.
He was the 3rd son of the late John Pollok, Esq., J. P.,
D.L., of Lismany, co. Galway, and of Ronachan, Ayrshire.
He was born in Sept., 1876, educated at Charterhouse,
and entered the 9th Lancers from the 3rd Batt. South
Wales Borderers, Jan., 1S99. 2nd Lieut. Pollok served
in Cape Colony and with his regiment as part of the
Kimberley Relief Force, and afterwards at the relief of
that town and the subsequent advance on Bloemfontein.
His name is inscribed on the tablet in the War Memorial
Cloister at Charterhouse.

Pook. — 2nd Lieut. Frederick Albert Betteley Pook, 4th
Batt. Cheshire Regt. (2nd Royal Cheshire Militia), died
of enteric at Burghersdorp, March 4th, 1901. He
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and volunteering for active service joined his battalion,
which was embodied, in South Africa, and served
with it up to the time of his death.

Poole. — Lieut. W. J. Poole, I.Y., died of dysentery on
board the S.S. " Canada," July 28th, 1901, while on
passage home from South Africa. He was a 2nd lieut. in
the 2nd Tower Hamlets Volunteer Rifle Corps. He
entered the I.Y. as a lieut. in April, igoi,and served with
the 22nd Batt.

Pooley. — Lieut. A. E. Pooley, 5th Queensland Bush-
men, was killed in action at Mokaridrift, Caledon River,
Sept. 27, 1901.

Porter. — 2nd Lieut. John J. Porter, 2nd Dragoon
Guards (Queen's Bays), was killed in action between
Carolina and Bethel, Oct. 16th, 1900. He had only just
been appointed to the regiment from the 2nd Dragoons
(Royal Scots Greys), where he had attained the rank of
corporal, and was granted a commission in the 2nd
Dragoon Guards.

Porter.— Major Reginald Whitworth Porter, D.S.O.,
2nd in command of the 1st Batt. Oxfordshire Light
Infantry, died May 10th, 1902, of valvular disease of
the heart, on board the transport " Orotava," in which he
had been invalided home from South Africa. He was
the eldest surviving son of Henry Aylmer Porter, Esq.,
of Cranbourne Court, Windsor Forest, was born in
May, 1856, and educated at Cheltenham. He entered
the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in Sept., 1876, being
promoted capt. Jan., 1886, and major Nov., 1894. He
served in the campaign on the North-West Frontier of
India under the late Sir William Lockhart, 1897-98, with
the 2nd Batt, of his regiment in the Mohmand Field Force,
and with the Peshawur column and the 5th brigade of
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the Bara Valley, receiving the medal with two clasps.
During the South African war he took part in the march
from Modder River to Bloemfontein, and was present in
the engagements at Klip Drift, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove,
and Driefontein, and the occupation of Bloemfontein.
He afterwards served in the O.R.C., and performed the
duties of commandant of Reitspruit and Assistant Provost
Marshal at Heilbron. He was appointed 2nd-in-command
of his battalion from Sept., 1900, and served subsequently
as Railway Staff Officer, and was mentioned in despatches,
L.G., Sept. 10th, 1901, being awarded the D.S.O. and the
South African medal with four clasps and the King's
medal with two clasps. Major Porter's name is inscribed
on the Eleanor Cross Memorial erected at Cheltenham
College to the memory 7 of Cheltonians who fell in the war.

Pott— Capt. Arthur David Ripley Pott, 3rd Batt.
King's Own Scottish Borderers, died from abscess of the
liver at Kimberley, Dec. 20th, 1901. He was the eldest
son of the late General David Pott, C.B., of Todrig,
Selkirkshire, and Borthwickshiels, Roxburghshire, and
was born in 1862. He was appointed lieut. in his
battalion July, 1886, being promoted capt. March, 1894.
Capt. Pott's battalion was embodied in Jan., 1900, and
volunteering for active service he proceeded with it to
South Africa in Feb. He had held the post of Staff
Officer to the Commandant of Schweizer Reneke.

Powell. — Lieut. Charles Folliott Borrodaile Powell,
Yorkshire Light Infantry (M.I.), was killed in action
at Rietfontein, Transvaal, July 13th, 1901. He was born
in Dec, 1879, educated at Rugby, and entered the York-
shire Light Infantry in August, 1899, being promoted
lieut. April, 1900. He was seconded for service with the
M.I. in March, 1901, and embarked for South Africa on the
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Powell. — Lieut. John William Powell, South Australian
Contingent, died at Rensberg, Feb. 12th, 1900.

Power. — Major Alfred Richard Power, 2nd Batt. York-
shire Light Infantry, died of dysentery at St. Michael's
Home, Bloemfontein, June 8th, 1900. He was born in
Oct., 1857, and entered the 22nd Foot June, 1879, an d
was transferred to the 51st Foot in the following July.
He was promoted capt. Jan., 1886, and major July, 1898.
Major Power served in the Afghan war, 1879-80, with the
51st Light Infantry, taking part in the action of Nargashai.
He also served in the Burmese Expedition from 1886 to
the end of 1887 with the 1st Batt. Yorkshire Light
Infantry, receiving the medal with two clasps. He
embarked for South Africa in April, 1900, and on arrival
proceeded to Kimberley. He was then ordered to
Kroonstad, and while on his way was taken ill at
Bloemfontein.

Power. — Capt. Sir Elliott Derrick Le Poer Power, 1st
Batt. Rifle Brigade, died of enteric at Standerton, Jan.
20th, 1902. He was the fifth Baronet of Kilfane, co.
Kilkenny, and succeeded his brother, Sir John Power, a
captain in the 5th Batt. Royal Irish Regiment, who died
from wounds received in action at Lindley, June 1st,
1900. Sir Elliott Power was born in 1872, and entered
the Rifle Brigade from the 4th Batt. The King's Shrop-
shire Light Infantry in June, 1894. He was promoted
lieut. June, 1897, and capt. August, 1900. He was
employed with the Egyptian Army in 1899, and after-
wards served with the 3rd battalion in India. On his
promotion to the rank of capt. he was posted to the 1st
battalion and served with it during 1901 in South Africa.

Power. — Capt. Sir John Elliott Cecil Power, fourth
Baronet of Kilfane, Kilkenny, died June 1st, 1900,
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tions between Kroonstad and Lindley. He was the
eldest son of the third baronet, Sir Richard Crampton
Power, by his marriage with Florence Anna Maria, only
surviving child of the late Robert Elliott, Esq., of Gold-
ingtonbury, Bedfordshire. Sir J. Power was born in
Dec, 1S70, and succeeded to the title in 1S92. He held
a commission as capt. in the 5th Batt. Royal Irish Regt.
since April, 1S96. On the formation of the I.Y., Sir J.
Power volunteered for active service, and joined that
force in Feb., 1900, as a lieut., and served in South Africa
with the Irish Yeomanry up to the time of his death.

Poynder. — Lieut .Geoffrey William Poynder, 2nd Batt.
The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt.. died of enteric at
Kroonstad, Feb. iSth, 1902. He was born in March,
1874, educated at Charterhouse, and entered the Royal
West Surrey Regt. May, 1896, being promoted lieut.
Nov., 1S97. Lieut. Poynder in 1S99 was stationed at
the depot at Guildford, but proceeded to South Africa in
March, 1900, and served throughout the war until his
death. His name is engraved on a tablet, erected at
Guildford by their comrades, in memory of all ranks of
The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. who fell in the
war ; also on the tablet in the War Memorial Cloister at
Charterhouse.

Pratt. — Capt. James Bonham Tod Pratt, 1st Batt.
King's Own Scottish Borderers, died of enteric June
23rd, 1900. He was the eldest son of Col. Henry
Hamilton Pratt, late 94th Regt. He was born in Feb.,
1S62, and educated at Cheltenham College, where he
gained a scholarship. He entered the 25th Foot from
the Royal Military College Jan., 1SS1, being promoted
lieut. in the following Jul}', and capt. May, 1S90. He
served with the Chin-Lushai Expeditionary Force in
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was adjutant of his battalion, 1894-98. He served in
South Africa from Jan., 1900, and was severely wounded
at the battle of Paardeberg, Feb. 23rd, but on recovering,
rejoined at Glen Station, and entered Johannesburg with
the advancing army May 31st. He is buried in the
cemetery there. His name is inscribed on the Eleanor
Cross Memorial erected at Cheltenham College.

Pratt-Barlow — Lieut. F. H. Pratt-Barlow, 4th Batt.
I.Y., died of enteric at Lindley, Feb. 26th, 1902. He
was the only son of Archibald Pratt-Barlow, Esq., of
Nottingham, and was nineteen years of age. He was
granted a commission in the I.Y. in Oct., 1901. with the
rank of lieut.

Preston. — 2nd Lieut. John Starkie Preston, 1st Batt.
Royal Scots, died of enteric at Dewetsdorp, June 27th,
1900. He was the son of J. Preston, Esq., of Mearbeck
House, near Leeds, was born in June, 1S79, an( i
educated at Haileybury- He entered the Royal Scots
from the 3rd Batt. East Lancashire Regt. in Oct., 1S99.
2nd Lieut. Preston served in South Africa with his
battalion from the commencement of the war in the
north of Cape Colony and afterwards in the O.R.C.

Price. — Capt. Rhys Price, 1st Batt. Welsh Regt., died
of blood poisoning at Modder River, March 3rd, 1900.
He was born in June, 1S65, and educated at Christ's
College, Brecon, where he was in the cricket XI. and
football XV. He entered the Welsh Regt. from the 3rd
South Wales Borderers in Dec, 1SS8, being promoted
lieut. Aug., 1890, and capt. June, 1899. Capt. Price ac-
companied his battalion to South Africa in Oct., 1S99,
and served with it in Cape Colony.

Price. — Lieut. Sir Rose Price, Bart., 3rd Batt. King's
Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action, near Villiersdorp*



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June gth, igoi. He was the son of Sir Rose Lambart
Price, 3rd baronet, of Trengwainton, Cornwall, by his
marriage with Isabella, daughter of the late William
Tarleton, Esq. Sir Rose Price was born in July, 1879,
and entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps from the 3rd
Batt. York and Lancaster Regt., in Oct., 1899, being pro-
moted lieut. Nov. 1900. He proceeded to South Africa
in Nov., 1S99, and served with the 3rd Batt. King's Royal
Rifle Corps with the Ladysmith relief force, and took part
in the fighting on the Tugela and the subsequent advance
into the Transvaal.

Price-Dent. — Lieut- Phillip Hampton Price-Dent, 1st
Batt. Devonshire Regt., died Dec. 31st, 1S99, of wounds
received in action at Ladysmith four days previously.
He was the son of Mrs. Price-Dent, Manor House. Haller-
ton, Leicestershire. He was born in May, 1S70, educated
at Cheltenham College, and entered his regiment in May,
1891, being promoted lieut. Feb., 1895. He served with
the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low, 1895, re-
ceiving the medal with clasp. He also was with the 1st
Batt. Devonshire Regt., in the campaign on the North-
West Frontier of India, under the late Sir William
Lockhart, 1S97-98, and was present at the capture of
Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the medal with
two clasps. Lieut. Price-Dent accompanied his battalion