Lt G.M. Donald Fowler. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

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Lt Fowler was in the 91st Regt , also took part in the advance of Crealock's div to Port Durnford , Fowler also acted as Adjutant during the war .
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The above is a portrait of the Captain Donald Fowler of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who retired from the service on the 22nd inst. He joined the Highland Rifle Militia now Seaforth Highlanders as Lieutenant on the 28th March 1871, and served with as such until transferred to the 91st (Argyleshire Highlanders) on the 13th June 1874. He served with the 91st Highlanders in Ireland and Aldershot from that date until February 1879, when the regiment was ordered to Africa. where they went through the Zulu campaign of 1879. He acted as adjutant of the regiment during the latter part of the Zulu War, was musketry instructor to the regiment for over three years until the appointment was abolished in 1883. He held staff appointments at the Cape and in Zululand and acted as adjutant for one year to the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles at the Cape. Captain Fowler who has completed over twenty two years of commissioned service, is a Highlander by birth, coming form the County of Ross."
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch - Friday 25 August 1893

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