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Queen’s Sudan (3780. Pte. D. Hutchison. 1/Cam: Hdrs.);
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3780 Pte. D. Hutchison, 1: Cam’n: Hdrs:);
KSA (2) (3780 Pte. D. Hutchison. Cameron Highrs:);
Khedive’s Sudan (2) The Atbara, Khartoum (3780 Pte. Hutohinson [sic] 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style

David Hutchison was born in Markinch, Fifeshire, in 1877 and attested for the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders at Perth on 20 February 1896, having previously served in the 6th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Highlanders.

He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 October 1897 to 2 March 1900, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 March 1900 to 9 October 1902,

He transferred to the Army Reserve on 20 February 1903, and was discharged on 19 February 1908, after 12 years’ service.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2311 Pte. J. Grant I: Cam’n: Hdrs:);
KSA (2) (2311 Pte. J. Grant. Cameron Highrs:)

John Grant was born in Grantown, Inverness-shire, in 1871 and attested for the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders at Inverness on 1 January 1890. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 13 April 1895, but was recalled to the Colours on 26 December 1899 and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 15 February 1900 to 18 August 1902.

He was discharged on 19 September 1902 after 12 years and 262 days’ service.

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Sudan (3683 L/Cpl. R. Mc.Kenzie 1/Cam: Hrs:);
QSA (3 Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3683 Corl. R. McKenzie. 1: Cam’n: H’drs:);
KSA (2) (3683 Serjt: R. Mc.Kenzie. Cameron Highrs:);
Khedive’s Sudan (1 The Atbara (3683 Cpl. Mc.Kenzie 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved naming,

Roderick McKenzie was born in Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands in 1873, and attested for the 1st Cameron Highlanders at Inverness on 17 May 1895. A sawmiller by trade, he served overseas in Gibraltar, Cyprus and Egypt, and is confirmed upon his Army Service Record as present at the Nile Expedition of 1898 and the Battle of the Atbara where Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15,000 Mahdists on the banks of the River Atbara. The 1st Cameron Highlanders suffered 44 casualties, including 3 officers killed and 1 wounded, with the engagement proving to be a turning point in the re-conquest of Sudan by the British and Egyptian coalition. Posted to South Africa from 25 April 1900 to 9 October 1902, McKenzie was discharged on 16 May 1907, after 12 years’ service.