Lieutenant & Adjutant Edwin Del Sandys, 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot

Posts : 3392 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Date of Birth:- 10th December 1842
Date of First Commission - 31st March 1863
Date of Substantive Major - 1st July 1881
Date of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel - 18th February 1882
The date of his retirement from the Northampton Regiment was 16th December 1882.
In July 1884 he was on the reserve list of officers.
South African War:- 1879-81 - Zulu Campaign, employed in Natal; Medal. Transvaal Campaign, defence of Wakkerstroom. Mentioned in Despatches. Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Source ‘1884 Army List’ (p 1009, 1120 & 1368)

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Army and Navy Gazette 27 February 1897

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Northampton Mercury 26 February 1897

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Foster Hill Road Cemetery, Foster Hill Road, Bedford, MK41 7TD.

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