Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Posts : 4246 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 62 Location : KENT
Subject: Lieutenant-Colonel David Campbell Williamson. Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:32 pm
"DEATHS. HEATHER.-On April 12, 1911, Lieutenant-Colonel David Campbell Williamson.
Heather retired, late Army Medical Staff, aged 67. He entered the service on October 1st, 1807, as an Assistant Surgeon (~taff); became Surgeon, Army Medical Department, on March 1, 1873; Surgeon-Major, October 1st, 1879; Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel, Army Medical Staff, October 1, 1873, and retired on retired pay with the honorary rank of Brigade-Surgeon on January 25, 1888. His war service was: Ashanti War, 1873-74; medal. South African War, 1879. Zulu Campaign."
Source: Military Health.
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Posts : 4246 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 62 Location : KENT
Subject: Re: Lieutenant-Colonel David Campbell Williamson. Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:39 pm
Here's the inscription on grave, just need to find the grave.
"In | Loving Memory | of | DAVID CAMPBELL WILLIAMSON HEATHER | Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel | Army Medical Department | youngest son of the late Reverend DAWSON | DEAN HEATHER, D.D. of Dublin | died at Beech Lodge, Gorey April 12th 1911 | aged 67 years."
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