Major Roland Pillinger

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Fought at Halfonteine – 12th January. Entrained for Cape colony – 16th July. Spent the rest of the year mopping up the enemy. Old comrades Association formed

This entry was posted on September 13, 2019 by Richard Pillinger.

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← 5th January Sir John Milbanke won Victoria Cross for bravery. Under Lord Roberts the Regiment fight at Modder River – 4th Feb. Relief of Kimberley – 15th Feb. Poplar Grove – 7th March. Dreifonteine – 10th March. Sergeant Engleheart wins the Victoria Cross. Modder River – 29th March. Battle of Welkom – 4th May. Zand River – 9th May. Diamond Hill – 11th June. Earl of Airlie killed. October Colonel Fisher-Childe retires and replaced by Lt-Colonel Alexander. Hostilities cease 24th June. Colonel Alexander retires and is succeed by Lt.-colonel the Hon. J. Byng. The Regiment is joined by all its scattered troops and celebrates the coronation of their colonel-in-chief, His Majesty King Edward VII in Malmesbury (S.A.). 22nd September the Regiment boards for shipment to India. Colonel Byng returns home after a fall from a horse. Lt-Colonel Kavanagh appointed. Proceed to station at Mhow. →
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