"E.B.Dredge was born in Warminster, Wilts, 1853 and enlisted on the 24th February 1870 at Ironbridge inthe Coldstream Guard; by 1875 he was ranked as Sergeant Instructor of Musketry on the 25.5.1879.He transferred to the 1st Battalion 24th Foot as Sergeant Instructor of Musketry one of two in the Regimentthe other being 1011 B. Chambers who was killed in at action at Isandlwana. Warminster is only 8 miles from the School of Musketry."