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Captain J. M. Elliot, 94th Regiment, killed in the Transvaal, 1880, [1881]. Creator: Unknown.

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Captain J. M. Elliot, 94th Regiment, killed in the Transvaal, 1880, [1881]. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs Elliott and Fry. 'The lamented death of this officer, who was shot, possibly in consequence of some misapprehension, by the Boers at a ford of the Vaal River, on Dec. 29 [1880], is one incident of the present unhappy war that demands a strict explanation. An official inquiry has been promised...[into] this most deplorable act on the part of the Dutch military escort...Captain J. M. Elliot was born in November, 1843. He...served with the 94th Regiment in India from March, 1865, to February, 1868. He obtained a first-class certificate at Hythe, and was appointed...Instructor of Musketry to the 94th Regiment, which office he held with credit to himself and his regiment until promoted to the rank of Captain...He was appointed Paymaster, 94th Regiment, on Oct. 29, 1878, and served with that regiment throughout the Zulu War. His untimely and cruel death is deplored by a large circle of friends and relatives, to whom he had endeared himself by the amiability of his disposition and by his upright and manly character'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A42_319

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Droits gérés

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7,1Mo (461,2Ko) / 11,4cm x 15,6cm / 1344 x 1841 (300dpi)

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