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| Subject: General William Frederick Cavaye Memorial Tablet. Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:47 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Ensign: 25 Apr 1865 Lieutenant: 9 Mar 1867 Military Secretary to HRH Duke of Connaught (the 3rd son of Queen Victoria / C-in-C Bombay / Governor General, Canada). Harts 1873 Army List: 107th Regiment: First in the list of Lieutenants - WF CAVAYE, Adj. 20 Aug 1871. 8 yrs' service. Captain: 1874 Served in the Zulu War of 1879 (Medal with Clasp) Major: 1881 Embarked for Malta 1882 Lieutenant Colonel: 1883. Commanded 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment. 1894 Whitaker: CAVAYE W.F. Colonel Asst Adj General Portsmouth Specially employed during the South African War, 1900, 1901, 1902 (medal with clasp; King's medal with clasps) [Commandant, Keraman District from 11 July 1900] Special Service: British Expeditionary Force, France, 1917-1919 (two war medals, despatches). Twice Mayor of Kensington. MILITARY FUNERAL AT STOPHAM A particularly impressive funeral took place at Stopham on Wednesday, when the remains of Major - General William Frederick Cavaye, son-in-law of the late Colonel the Right Hon. Sir Walter Bartte- lot, Bart., of Stopham, were interred. After his military career General Cavaye had taken an active interest in public affairs, having for many years been a mem- ber of the London County Council, and also twice Mayor of one of the London boroughs. Major-General Cavaye had had interest- ing military service, for he commanded the 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment in Egypt and India, and during his residence at the latter place he became Military Secretary to the Duke of Connaught, at the time His Royal Highness was Commander-in-Chief at Bombay. He saw active service in the Zulu War and South African War, and also served with the Army in France in 1917-19, although he had reached the ad- vanced age of 70 years, he was men- tioned in dispatches. He had been a mem- ber of the Sussex Territorial Association since its inception. The first part of the funeral service was held at Brompton Parish Church, and later in the day the body was brought to Stopham for the interment. The coffin, which was covered with a Union Jack, and upon which rested his sword, cap, and decorations, was met at Stopham House by a firing party which had been drawn from the Depot of the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester, and a party of bearers com- posed of Sergeants from the same regi- ment. The funeral rites were conducted by the Rev. Prebendary Gough (the Rector of Brompton), who was assisted by the Rector of Stopham (the Rev. H. S. Wans- brough). Three volleys were fired by the firing party, after which bayonets were fixed and the men presented arms, this being fol- lowed by buglers sounding the " Last Post " and " Reveille |
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