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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Colonel E.E. Markwick, CB, CBE, FRAS (1853 – 1925)
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littlehand
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Subject: Colonel E.E. Markwick, CB, CBE, FRAS (1853 – 1925) Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:28 pm
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90th
Posts : 10359 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Colonel. E.E.Markwick Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:37 pm
Hi Littlehand . Army Service Corps - Ordnance Store , one of many Assistant Commissaries . Entitled to Medal with No Clasp . So I dont see how he would have seen much action as stated on his file !. This from the Forsyth Medal Roll . cheers 90th.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Colonel E.E. Markwick, CB, CBE, FRAS (1853 – 1925) Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:02 pm
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1879graves
Posts : 3192 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Colonel E.E. Markwick, CB, CBE, FRAS (1853 – 1925) Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:44 pm
He was stationed at Durban from the date of his arrival at the end of June until the conclusion of hostilities. Subsequently proceeded to the Transvaal.
Date of Birth - 19th July 1853 Deputy Assistant Commissary-General of Ordnance (ranking with Captain), Natal - 31st January 1880 His previous Departmental service was of 7 years 232 days. South African War - 1879-80-81 - Zulu Campaign. Medal Transvaal Campaign. Defence of Pretoria. Mentioned in Despatches.
His grave is situated in Westmoors Cemetery, Dorset.
Colonel E.E. Markwick, CB, CBE, FRAS (1853 – 1925)
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