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Dave

Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
 | Subject: Major General John Dallas Edge. Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:31 pm | |
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|  | | Dave

Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:41 pm | |
| I also came across this. But its over my head. 1879Graves you might know what this is about. It could be a grave ref: Number.
DUBLIN, Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin
No.504 In Loving Memory of | ERNEST BLAKE EDGE | younger son of | Surgeon General and | Mrs. J. DALLAS EDGE | died on May 10th 1915 | aged eighteen years | “Rest Perfect Rest” | also | Major General JOHN DALLAS EDGE | C.B., F.R.C.S.I. | died on April 30th 1937 | aged 89 years. | “Because I live ye shall live also” | John XIV.19. | and his wife | JANE | died May 8th 1944. | “With Christ which is far better” | Phil. 1.23. |
|  | | 1879graves

Posts : 3326 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:38 pm | |
| Hi Dave
For a photo of his grave, please see Pictorial catalogue of AZW graves Section |
|  | | Dave

Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:38 pm | |
| 1879Graves That was quick. Did the Ref: Text help. |
|  | | 1879graves

Posts : 3326 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:53 pm | |
| Hi Dave
The text that you posted did help fill in a few gaps in my data base as I only had the photograph.
Many thanks and good work finding the ref and text.
1879Graves |
|  | | littlehand

Posts : 7076 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 54 Location : Down South.
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:53 pm | |
| Here's more to add to Daves post.
DEATHS IN THE SERVICES "Major-General JOHN DALLAS EDGE, C.B., late R.A.M.C., died in Dublin on April 30, aged 89. He was born on March 9, 1848, the son of Mr. Joseph Edge of Timahoe, Queen's County, and was educated at the Meath Hospital, Dublin, taking the L.R.C.-S.I. in 1870, and graduating M.D. of the Queen's, later the Royal, University of Ireland in the same year; subsequently he took the F.R.C.S.I. in 1889. Entering the Army as assistant surgeon on September 30, 1871, he was specially promoted to surgeon on August 20, 1873, became full colonel on June 1, 1901, and surgeon-general on November 11, 1903, retiring on March 9, 1908. Soon after entering the Army he was sent to British Honduras and attached to the 1st West India Regiment. On September 1, 1872, the fortified barracks.at the small town of Orange Walk, where he was then serving, was surprised and rushed by a party of some 200 Ycaiche Indians. The only other British officer present, Lieutenant Smith, was severely wounded, and the defence fell on Edge, who conducted it successfully; some fifty Indians were killed, and almost half of the defending party were wounded. For this exploit Edge was specially promoted to surgeon. This was only the first of a long series of war services. He took part in the Zulu War of 1879, when he was present at the Battle of Gingiulovo and the relief of Etshowe, receiving the medal with a clasp. Immediately afterwards he was transferred to India, where he served in the Second Afghan War, taking part in the Battle of Maiwand and the defence of Kandahar, and received the thanks of the Government of India, as well as the Afghan medal with a clasp. In 188.2 he accompanied the Indian contingent to Egypt, where he served at the Battle of Tel-el- Kebir, and the forced march to and occupation of Zagazig, receiving the Egyptian medal with a clasp, the Khedive's bronze star, and the.fourth class of the Osmanieh. He next served in the Burmese War of 1887, receiving the Frontier medal with two clasps. On the outbreak of the South African War he went with Buller's army to Natal, but was soon after appointed P.M.O. of the Third Division under General Gatacre, and was present in the action at Stormberg. Subsequently he served as P.M.O. of lines of communication and of Johannesburg district, took part in operations in the Orange Free State, Cape Colony, and the Transvaal, was mentioned in dispatches in the Londoni Gazette of June 17, 1902, and received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps, and the C.B. After the war he remained in South Africa as P.M.O., first of Cape Colony and then of the South African Command. In February, 1905, he returned home, and served as P.M.O. of the Irish Command until his retirement. In 1914 he received a good service" |
|  | | 90th

Posts : 10734 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Major General John Dallas Edge Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:11 pm | |
| Hi All. John Dallas Edge served during the Zulu War , and is listed as having the rank of Surgeon - Major during that conflict . From Mackinnon & Shadbolt . Cheers 90th.
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|  | | littlehand

Posts : 7076 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 54 Location : Down South.
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:29 pm | |
| Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Edge was noted on December 3rd, 1872, " to be promoted Staff-Surgeon, as soon as he has qualified for the superior grade, in recognition of his gallant services when engaged against the Indians at Orange Walk, British Honduras," on September 1st, 1872. Served in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present in the engagement at Gingindhlovu and at the relief of Ekowe (medal with clasp). Served in the Afghan war in 1879-80, and was present in the engagement at Maiwanid in charge of a field hospital. and took part in the defence of Candahar (received the thanks of the Government of India, medal). Served in the Egyptian war of 1882 with the Indian contingent, and was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir in charge of a field hospital (medal wilt clasp, 4th class of the Osmainiel, and Khedive's star). Served with the Burmese expedition in 1887-8,8 (medal with clasp).
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|  | | 1879graves

Posts : 3326 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:32 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The Lancet, Vol. 229, No. 5932, p1139–1141 Published: May 08, 1937 |
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Posts : 4315 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 63 Location : KENT
 | Subject: Re: Major General John Dallas Edge. Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:19 pm | |
| https://gw.geneanet.org/gbarnier2?lang=en&n=edge&oc=2&p=john+dallas |
|  | | 90th

Posts : 10734 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
 | Subject: Maj General John Dallas Edge Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:35 am | |
| Hi All D.Truesdale and our own John Young give a mini Bio on J.D.Edge in their book ' Victoria's Harvest ' . 90th |
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