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From the Eton College Chronicle, Thursday 2nd November 1905

MEMENTOTE : IN : DOMINO : ETONENSIUM : PRO : PATRIA : BELLO : AFRICANO : DEFUNCTORUM : MDCCCXCIX—MDCCCCII : SEPULTORUM : IN : PACE : NOMINA : IN : AETERNUM : SUPERSUNT

“ Methinks that a death such as theirs has been gives the true measure of a man’s worth ; it may be the first revelation of his virtues, but is at any rate their final seal. For even those who come short in other ways may justly plead the valour with which they have fought for their country ; they have blotted out the evil with the good, and have benefited the state more by their public services than they have injured her by their private actions.

“ None of these men were enervated by wealth or hesitated to resign the pleasures of life ; none of them put off the evil day in the hope, natural to poverty, that a man though poor may one day become rich ....

“ They resigned to hope their unknown chance of happiness ; but in the face of death they resolved to rely upon themselves alone. And when the moment came they were minded to resist and suffer, rather than to fly and save their lives ; they ran away from the word of dishonour, but on the battlefield their feet stood fast, and in an instant, at the height of their fortune, they passed away from the scene, not of their fear, but of their glory.”

Thucydides ii. 42.

“Not once or twice in our fair island-story,
The path of duty was the way to glory :
He, that ever following her commands,
On with toil of heart and knees and hands,
Thro’ the long gorge to the far light has won His path upward, and prevail’d,
Shall find the toppling crags of Duty scaled Are close upon the shining table-lands To which our God Himself is moon and sun.”

Tennyson, Ode on the death of the Duke of Wellington.

“ We welcome back our bravest and our best;—
Ah me ! not all! some come not with the rest,
Who went forth brave and bright as any here!. . . .
In these brave ranks I only see the gaps,
Thinking of dear ones whom the dumb turf wraps....
I with uncovered head Salute the sacred dead,
Who went, and who return not.—Say not so !
’T is not the grapes of Canaan that repay,
But the high faith that failed not by the way ;
Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave ;
No bar of endless night exiles the brave.”

Lowell, Harvard Commemoration Ode,.


LIST OF NAMES ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN BRASS IN LUPTON’S CHAPEL.

1. George Hugh Gough, C.B.; Colonel, A.A.G. Cavalry Division.
(Died at Norvals Pont, Cape Colony, 28th March, 1900.)

2. Francis Edward Cooper; Major, R.F.A. Staff.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Mooi River, Natal, 26th May, 1900.)

3. Archibald James Leofric Temple, Earl of Ava; Extra A.D.C. Staff.
(Died of wounds at Frere Camp, Natal, 11th January, 1900.)

4. William Baron Kensington ; Captain, 2nd Life Guards.
(Died of wounds received at Bloemfontein, 24th June, 1900.)

5. Charles Ernest Rose; Captain, Royal Horse Guards.
(Killed in action near Winburg, Orange River Colony, 5th May, 1900.)

6. Francis Churchill Quicke; Bt. Major, King's Dragoon Guards.
(Killed in action at Riverdale near Harrismith, Orange River Colony, 26th October, 1901.)

7. Cecil Sherman Platt; 2nd Lieutenant, 5th Dragoon Guards.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Ladysmith, 5th January, 1900.)

8. Bernard Elliot Church ; Captain, 7th Dragoon Guards.
(Died of wounds received at Derdepoort, at Pretoria, igth July, 1900.)

9. Malcolm Knowles ; Lieutenant, Royal Dragoons.
(Died of wounds received at Leeuwbosch, near Klerksdorp, at Klerksdorp, 28th March, 1902.)

10. Thomas Douglas Pilkington ; 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Dragoons.
(Killed in action at Uitvals Nek, nth July, 1900.)

11. Percy Forbes Forbes-Leith; 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Dragoons.
(Died from Enteric Fever at Newcastle, Natal, 31st December, 1900.)

12. Francis Henry Toovey Hawley; Major, Royal Scots Greys.
(Died at Bloemfontein after three days’ illness, 28th April, 1900.)

13. Cecil William Montague Fielden, D.S.O.; Major, Royal Scots Greys.
(Died from wounds received at Klippan, 19th February, 1902.)

14. Edward Ussher, D.S.O. ; Captain and Adjutant, Royal Scots Greys.
(Died from wounds received at Klippan, 20th February, 1902.)

15. John Collinsori Harrison; Lieutenant, Royal Scots Greys.
(Died of wounds received near Belfast, Transvaal, at Pretoria, 3rd September, 1900.)

16. John Fairfax Rhodes; Lieutenant, Royal Scots Greys.
(Killed in action near Springs, Transvaal, 18th February, 1902. Was apparently drowned whilst crossing spruit on field of action.)

17. William McClintock-Bunbury; 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Scots Greys.
(Died of wounds received in actions round Kimberley, 16th February, 1900.)

18. Herbert Foster Wentworth Stanley; Captain, 9th Lancers.
(Died of wounds received at Bloemfontein, 28th April, 1900.)

19. Percy Frederick Brassey; 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Lancers.
(Died of wounds received in engagements round Kimberley, 16th February, 1900.)

20. Charles Bateson Harvey; Major, 10th Hussars.
(Killed in action near Colesberg, Cape Colony, 4th January, 1900.)

21. Bertram Charles Christopher Spencer Meeking; Captain, 10th Hussars.
(Died from Enteric Fever at Bloemfontein, 16th April, 1900.)

22. David William Stanley, Earl of Airlie ; Lieutenant-Colonel, 12th Lancer’s.
(Killed in action at Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, nth June, 1900.)

23. Antonio Stephen Ralli; Major, 12th Lancers.
(Died from Enteric Fever at Kroonstad, 26th May, 1900.)

24. Godfrey Charles de Cardonnell Wright; Lieutenant, 12 th Lancers.
(Killed in action at Diamond Hill, nth June, 1900.)

25. David Johnstone Keswick; Lieutenant, 12th Lancers.
(Killed in action at Poplar Grove, 7th March, 1900.)

26. John David Hamilton; Lieutenant, 12th Lancers.
(Died from Enteric Fever at Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, 22nd May, 1900.)

27. Hugh Robertson ; 2nd Lieutenant, 14th Hussars.
(Died at Johannesburg, fracture of base of skull, 1st February, 1901.)

28. Cecil Montague Evans-Freke; Lieutenant, 16th Lancers.
(Died of wounds received at Bappisfontein, 15th June, 190a)

29. Lionel Howard Gilliat; Lieutenant, 16th Lancers.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Barberton, Transvaal, 23rd September, 1900.)

30. Houston Michael Shaw-Stewart, D.S.O.; Captain, 17 th Lancers.
(Lost overboard from Steam Ship "Canada,” 28th July, 1901 : Ship due Southampton, 5th August, 1901.)

31. Robert Alexander Morritt; Lieutenant, 17 th Lancers.
(Killed in action at Modderfontein, near Tarkastad, 17th September, 1901.)

32. Charles William Hugh Cavendish; 2nd Lieutenant, 17th Lancers.
(Killed in action at Diamond Hill, Transvaal, nth June, 1900.)

33. Cecil Faulkner Cawston; Lieutenant, 18th Hussars.
(Died of wounds at Roodepoort, near Middelburg, Transvaal, 3rd February, 1901.)

34. Edward Denman Thornburgh-Cropper; Major and Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Imperial Yeomanry. *
(Died at home from effects of wounds received in action at Bethlehem on 29th December, 1900.)

35. Henry Shelley Dalbiac; Major, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action at Senekal, Orange River Colony, 24th May, 1900.)

36. Edward Henry Greene de Freville; Major, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died of Fever in England, 1901.)

37. William Buller Chapell-Hodge; Captain, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died from wounds at Syferfontein, 1st November, 1900.)

38. Richard Fordham Flower; Captain, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action at Hamans Kraal, 20th August, 1900.)

39. Clive Skene Keith; Captain, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action on way from Kroonstad to Lindley, 29th May, 1900.)

40. Douglas Hamilton McLean; Captain, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died of sickness at Johannesburg, 5th February, 1901.)

41. Richard Bassett-Wilson ; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died of wounds received at Oliphant’s Nek, 26th July, 1900.)

42. Alfred Corkran Campbell; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action at Nooitgedacht, 13th December, 1900.)

43. Charles Campion; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed at Vlakfontein, 29th May, 1901.)

44. George Pritchard Rayner; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Bloemfontein, 2nd July, 1900.;

45. Henry Thomas Stanley; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action near Hekpoort, 16th September, 1900.)

46. Jack Southard Watney; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action at Tweefontein, near Harrismith, 25th December, 1901.)

47. Wilfrid Campbell Wilson; Lieutenant, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died of wounds received at Hartebeestefontein, 16th February, 1900.)

48. Hubert Faunce de Laune; Corporal, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action at Lindley, 28th-31st May, 1900.)

49. Alfred Exshaw ; Private, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Died of Fever. Discharged on request, 6th November, 1900.)

50. Thomas Brooke Miller; Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry.
(Killed in action at Lindley, 28th—31st May, 1900.)

51. Lennox Christian Livingstone-Learmonth; Captain, Royal Horse Artillery.
(Died from Enteric Fever at Bloemfontein, 25th May, 1900.)

52. George Charles Fordyce-Buchan; Captain, Royal Field Artillery.
(Died of sickness at Bloemfontein, 23rd May, 1900.)

53. Stephen Thomas Hardwick; Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery.
(Killed in action at Tweefontein, 25th December, 1901.)

54. Frank Harold Hoskier; Colonel, 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery.
(Killed in action at Stormberg, Cape Colony, 23rd February, 1900.)

55. Richard John Jelf; Lieutenant, Royal Engineers.
(Died 2nd June, 1900, on ss. “ Dilwara.”)

56. Wilfrid Astley Blundell - Holinshead - Blundell; Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Died of wounds received at Belmont, 23rd November, 1899. Died same night.)

57. Martin Gurdon-Rebow ; Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Killed in action at Reit Siding, Deaar-Nauwpoort Line, 17th September, 1901.)

58. Edward Hugh Lygon ; Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Killed in action nine miles north of Bloemfontein, 23rd March, 1900.)

59. Theodore Barrington Norman Leslie ; 2nd Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Died from wounds received at Belmont on the 23rd November, 1899, at Wynberg, Cape Colony, on 4th December, 1899.)

60. Guy Thomas Lewes Tryon ; 2nd Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Harrismith, Orange River Colony, 24th April, 1901.)

61. Alasdair Heneage Murray; 2nd Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Died from wounds received at Biddulphsberg, Orange River Colony, on the 29th May, 1900. Died 3rd June, 1900, at Senekal.)

62. Kenneth Charles Edward Meeking; 2nd Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards.
(Died from Enteric Fever at Bethlehem, 2nd February, 1902.)

63. Horace Robert Stopford; Lieut.-Colonel, Coldstream Guards.
(Killed in action at Modder River, 28th November, 1899.)

64. Augustus John Henry Beaumont, Marquis of Winchester ; Major, Coldstream Guards.
(Killed in action at Magersfontein, nth December, 1899.)

65. Richard Arthur Starling Benson; Captain, Coldstream Guards.
(Died of Dysentery at Wynberg, Cape Colony, 19th February, 1900.)

66. Thomas Henry Eyre Lloyd; Captain, Coldstream Guards.
(Died from wounds received in action in Colonel Benson’s engagement near Bakenlaagte, 20 miles N.W. of Bethel, 31st October, 1901.)

67. Arthur Melville Southey; Lieutenant, Scots Guards.
(Killed in action at Tigerskloof, 23rd November, 1900.)

68. Francis Maurice Augustus Atkinson-Clark; Lieutenant, Scots Guards.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Bloemfontein, 21st April, 1902.)

69. Cecil Foster Seymour Vandeleur, D.S.O.; Bt. Lieut.-Colonel, Irish Guards.
(Killed in action, train blown up, fired on, rushed, and set on fire, on Northern Line between Waterval and Hamanskraal, 31st August, 1901.)

70. Thomas Stephen Charles William Broadley ; Captain Royal Scots.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Sterkstroom, Cape Colony, 18th February, 1900.)

71. Dudley Henry Forbes ; Captain, Royal Scots (Militia).
(Died from Enteric Fever at Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, 21st April, 1901.)

72. Alexander Rowland Eustace; Captain, the Buffs.
(Killed in action at Driefontein, 10th March, 1900.)

73. Robert Charles Sydney ffrench-Blake; 2nd Lieutenant, the Buffs.
(Accidentally killed, gunshot, at Alkmaar, 19th May, 1902.)

74. Charles Noel Andrews Graham ; Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers, Mtd. Inf.
(Died from wounds received at Korenfontein, East Transvaal, at Middelburg, Transvaal, 13th October, 1901.)

75. Herbert Dauntesey Hull; 2nd Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers.
(Killed in action at Lichtenburg, 3rd March, 1901.)

76. John Cecil Hylton Jolliffe; Lieutenant, Norfolk Regiment (Militia).
(Died of Wounds received at Paardeberg, 20th February, 1900.)

77. Cecil Arbuthnot White ; Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment.
(Killed in action at Rensburg, 6th January, 1900.)

78. Edward Mansfield Hanbury ; 2nd Lieutenant, East Yorkshire Regiment (Militia).
(Killed in action at Jagersfontein, Orange Free State, 13th October, 1900.

79. Henry Cecil Thorold ; Captain, Leicester Regiment.
(Killed in action near Reitfontein, 18th February, 1902.)

80. George Lockwood Dorman; 2nd Lieutenant, Yorkshire Regiment (Militia).
(Died of Enteric Fever at Kroonstad, Orange Free State, 30th March, 1901.)

81. Eric Fraser, Lieutenant, Lancashire Fusiliers.
(Killed in action at Spion Kop, Natal, 24th January, 1900.)

82. Charles Cecil Hayford Thorold; Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
(Killed in action at Colenso, Natal, 24th February, 1900.)

83. Roger Whitley Bate; Lieutenant, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Militia).
(Killed in action at Rostpan, near Boshof, Orange River Colony, 5th December, 1901.

84. Walmsley Donat O'Brien; Captain, Cameronians.
(Died of wounds received in action, Natal, nth June, 1900.)

85. George Harold Matthews; Lieutenant, Gloucester Regiment.
(Died at Prieska on 30th May, 1900, from wounds received in action at Kheis, 28th May, 1900.)

86. William Harold Cathcart; Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Mafeteng, Basutoland, 7th January, 1902.)

87. Walter George Barttelot, Bt. ; Hon. Major, Sussex Regiment, 2nd V. B.
(Killed in action at Retiefs Nek, 23rd July, 1900.)

88. Ernest Maxwell Willshire ; Major, Black Watch.
(Died from wounds received in action at Retiefs Nek, 25th July, 1900.)

89. Frederick Dymoke Murray; Major, Black Watch.
(Killed in action during Col. Benson’s engagement near Bakenlaagte, 20 miles N.W. of Bethel, 31st October, 1901.)

90. James Frederick Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce; Captain, Black Watch.
(Killed in action at Magersfontein, nth December, 1899.)

91. Charles Russell Day; Major, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
(Died from wounds received at Paardeberg, 20th February, 1900.)

92. Henry Farquhar Scott; Lieutenant, Berkshire Regiment (Militia).
(Killed in action near Houtkop, 14th June, 1901.)

93. Robert Henry Gunning; Lieutenant-Colonel, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Talana, Natal, 20th October, 1899.)

94. Robert George Buchanan-Riddell; Lieutenant- Colonel, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Spion Kop, Natal, 24th January, 1900.)

95. William Joseph Myers; Major, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action near Ladysmith, 30th October, 1899.)

96. Edward John Dewar; Captain, K.R.R.C.
(Died from wounds received at Paardeberg, 20th February, 1900.)

97. Mark Horace Kerr Pechell; Captain, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Talana, Natal, 20th October, 1899.

98. Charles Augustus Kerr Pechell; Captain, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Mafeking, 31st October, 1899.)

99. Alexander Richard Mildmay; Captain, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action near Dejagers Drift (near Utrecht), Natal, 17th September, 1901.)

100. Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, V.C.; Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Died of wounds received in action at Colenso, Natal, 15th December, 1899.)

101. Reginald Cathcart; Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Tugela River, 22nd February, 1900.)

102. John Lindsey Forster; Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Farquhar’s Farm, near Ladysmith, 30th October, 1899.)

103. Francis Howard Raikes ; 2nd Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Ladysmith, 6th January, 1900.)

104. Norman Joachim Hambro; 2nd Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Talana, Natal, 20th October, 1899.)

105. Arthur Reginald William Spicer; 2nd Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Germiston, Transvaal, 8th May, 1901)

106. Henry Gerald French-Brewster; 2nd Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Killed in action at Spion Kop, Natal, 24th January, 1900.)

107. Stuart Maxwell Macnaghten; 2nd Lieutenant, K.R.R.C.
(Died from the result of accident at Heidelberg, Transvaal, 26th June, 1901.)

108. Byam Henry Ernest Davies; Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment (Militia).
(Killed in action at Winbult, near Lindley, Orange River Colony, 4th February, 1902.)

109. Roger Egerton Rasbotham; 2nd Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry.
(Killed in action at Edenkop, 22nd June, 1901.)

109. Eric Macnaught Sutherland; 2nd Lieutenant, Sea- forth Highlanders.
(Killed near Frederikstad, 29th May, 1902.)

110. St. John Meyrick; Captain, Gordon Highlanders.
(Killed in action near Johannesburg, 29th May, 1900.)

112. Stuart Cairns Maitland; Captain, Gordon Highlanders.
(Killed in action near Colenso, Natal, 23rd February, 1900.)

113. Alexander Archie Dunlop Best; Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders.
(Killed in action (train wrecked by Boers) 15 miles North of Naboomspruit, Transvaal, 4th July, 1901.)

114. James Ronald McOran Campbell; 2nd Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders.
(Died of wounds received at Magersfontein, nth December, 1899.)

115. Graham Vinicombe Winchester Clowes; 2nd Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders.
(Killed in action at Doom River, 30th January, 1901.)

116. Wilfred Philip Dimsdale; Captain, Royal Irish Rifles.
(Died from wounds received near Bloemfontein, 9th April, 1900.)

117. Gerald Lionel Joseph Goff; Lieutenant-Colonel, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
(Killed in action at Magersfontein, nth December, 1899.)

118. Gerald Lowther Lysley ; Captain, Rifle Brigade.
(Killed in action at Bergendal, Transvaal, 27th August, 1900.)

119. Ernest George Campbell; Captain, Rifle Brigade.
(Died of wounds received at Bergendal, Transvaal, 29th August, 1900.)

120. Lewis Duval Hall; Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade.
(Killed in action at Ladysmith, Natal, 6th January, 1900.)

121. Charles Henry Dillon; Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade.
(Died from wounds received at Blesbokspruit, at Stander- ton, 8th June, 1901.)

122. Bertram Escott Lethbridge; 2nd Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade.
(Died from wounds received at Ladysmith, 19th November, 1899.)

123. Edward James Gibbons; Colour-Sergeant, City Imperial Volunteers.
(Died 011 voyage out to South Africa, 23rd January, 1900.)

124. Francis Maxwell; Sergeant, Queensland Mounted Infantry.
(Killed in action at Hamans Kraal, 17th July, 1900.)

125. Godfrey Vassal George Frederick Charles Webster; Captain, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry.
(Killed in accident on railway at Bethulie, Orange River Colony, 1st February, 1901.)

126. Frank William Milligan; Lieutenant, Rhodesian Regiment.
(Killed in action at Ramathlabama, near Mafeking, 31st March, 1900.)

127. Ewan Christian; Trooper, Rimington’s Guides.
(Died of wounds received at Osfontein (Makow’s Drift), 28th February, 1900.)

128. Nevill Windsor Hill-Trevor; Lieutenant, Thorney- croft’s Mounted Infantry.
(Killed in action at Spion Kop, Natal, 24th January, 1900.)

129. Bertram Temple Rose; Lieutenant, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry.
(Died of Enteric Fever at Base Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 2nd April, 1900.)

The news of the death of Major Anthony Ralli, of the 12th Lancers, who succumbed to enteric fever at Kroonstadt, was received in Rhyl by telegraph this week. Of the four Rallis who went to South Africa, there are now only two remaining. The deceased's father was Prime Minister of Greece during the Graeco-Turkish war. Great sympathy is felt with Mr. M. A. Ralli, J.P., late High Sheriff of Flintshire, a near relative of the deceased.

The North Wales Times, 2nd June 1900

That 'Roll of Honour' must be the most impressive one in terms of the officer class in any school chapel. It must have always been so for Eton College's alumni in Victoria's wars.

Brett

MAJOR A.S. RALLI



South Africa: Kroonstad Cemetery

BereniceUK wrote:

DEATH OF MAJOR ANTHONY RALLI.

The news of the death of Major Anthony Ralli, of the 12th Lancers, who succumbed to enteric fever at Kroonstadt, was received in Rhyl by telegraph this week. Of the four Rallis who went to South Africa, there are now only two remaining. The deceased's father was Prime Minister of Greece during the Graeco-Turkish war. Great sympathy is felt with Mr. M. A. Ralli, J.P., late High Sheriff of Flintshire, a near relative of the deceased.

The North Wales Times, 2nd June 1900

Love where research takes you.

I can only trace two Rallis involved in the ABW - AS Ralli and EL Ralli Trooper Middlesex IY. I assume they are brothers. EL Ralli went to Oxford, enlisted as a "gentleman trooper" in the first contingent. In WW1 he enlisted in the ranks of the Royal Navy, but was commissioned into the RFA and won an MC; a modest man I think with no pretensions but great ability.

Perhaps the other two Rallis in SA were civilians?

Sir Eustratius Lucas Ralli
www.christopherlong.co.uk/gen/vourogen/fg03/fg03_348.html

I couldn't find the other two either, having looked at some possibles here - www.christopherlong.co.uk/gen/vourogen/fg_idx/idx006.html#RALLI