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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Small group of items relating to Lt Colonel Francis Raymond, Army Veterinary Surgeon. Raymond served in the Anglo Zulu War and the Chitral Expedition.
Cabinet photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
Visiting card with address shown as the United Services Club, Calcutta, India.
Handwritten copy document from the Commissary General's Office, Bombay, 1885. Note of thanks for the involvement in the Suakin campaign.
Three handwritten letters to Colonel Raymond. One from W R Hagger (another veterinary surgeon), Meerut, India. The other two dated 1892 & 1895 from J D Lambert (Director General of the AVC) at the War Office.
Source: EBay.
1879graves
Posts : 3192 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Lt Colonel Francis Raymond. Army Veterinary Surgeon Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:20 pm
Nice find Littlehand.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Lt Colonel Francis Raymond. Army Veterinary Surgeon Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:02 pm
Cheers Graves.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Studio portrait of Lt Colonel Francis Raymond, Army Veterinary Surgeon. Wearing dress medals.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] "Raymond, Colonel Francis, F.R.C.V.S., C.I.E., (1912): Indian Civil Veterinary Department (retired); b. 1854:; joined Home service, 1878; became Major, 1898; served in the Zulu War; Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bengal, 1896; Lt.-Col. 1905; served in South Africa (medal with clasp), 1879; served in Chitral expedition (medal with clasp), 1895; became Colonel, 1908; retired. 1912. Address: V. College, Bellagachia, Bengal. Club: Constitutional."
90th
Posts : 10355 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Lt Col Francis Raymond , AVS Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:38 pm
I saw them on ebay , no doubt there may be a couple on here who'll wish that you hadnt posted them L'Hand !. Was the auction finished ? 90th
Ray63
Posts : 706 Join date : 2012-05-05
Subject: Re: Lt Colonel Francis Raymond. Army Veterinary Surgeon Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:20 pm
I was thinking the same thing 90th
Dave
Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Re: Lt Colonel Francis Raymond. Army Veterinary Surgeon Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:27 pm
The auction is still active.
Lt Colonel Francis Raymond. Army Veterinary Surgeon
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