Recollections Of A Life In The British Army

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV HOME SERVICE Return to England after six years' absence--Chatham 1861--International Exhibition 1862--Aldershot 1863-Canada and the States 1864--Adjutant and Brigade-Major B.E.--Prince Arthur--Plymouth 1869--The Pontoon troop. Before leaving Kong Kong I had rejoined my old company (the 23rd), the three officers ordered to go home with it being Graham (a Brevet Lieut.-Colonel), Pritchard and myself (subalterns). The ship we voyaged in was the Adelaide, a four-master, with auxiliary steam power. Her steam power was certainly very auxiliary; moreover her owners were paid by the day, and it took her a long time to convey us to the shores of England. It was not until May 22, or four months after our start, that we steamed into Portsmouth harbour. Our voyage, though hideously slow, as it seemed to us, who were eager to get home, was not an uneventful one. We put into Singapore and Anjer, were driven by the edge of a hurricane to the Mauritius, stopped for some time at Simon's Bay and Cape Town, and had to put in for coal at St. Vincent and Vigo Bay on the coast of Spain. There were officers of all branches of the Service on board, but only eight subalterns for the duties of orderly officer and watch on deck. What are called combatant officers perform those duties. The others lounged about and did nothing, but at the same time were very tenacious of their relative rank, when it came to a question of choice WELCOMED HOME 99 of cabins, or any other privileges. I was one of the dnty subalterns, and had to share a cabin with another officer, at least as far as the Cape. Being a bad sailor the night watches were particularly irksome to me, but perhaps they stirred me up and did me good. Anyhow I find in my journal that I was always...

Excerpt from Recollections of a Life in the British Army: During the Latter Half of the 19th Century My grandfather, Matthew, tenth child of Benjamin, was born in 1778. He married Maria, daughter of Colonel Alexander Patterson, of Montreal, Canada, who was killed by the poisoned arrow of an Indian in the American War of Independence, whilst defending the frontier close to his own property at Montreal. Matthew Harrison joined the London and Westminster Light Horse in 1794 and be came a captain in 1799. He was one of the Lieutenancy of the City of London, J. P. For the county of Surrey, Governor of the South Sea House, of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, and Chairman of the Albion Life Insurance Office. For many years he lived at Croydon, but towards the end of his life he moved to London, where I used to see him on my way to and from school. He died in December 1850, aged 77, and my grandmother died seven years afterwards, aged 83. My father, Benjamin John, sixth child of Matthew and Maria Harrison, was born in 1803. He was educated at Westminster, and from there obtained a Studentship at Christ Church, Oxford. Among his friends at that College were his cousin Benjamin, who became Arch deacon of Maidstone, and William Ewart Gladstone, who became Prime Minister of England. Not many years ago - I think it was in 1888 - that distinguished statesman was Opening a new Medical College at Guy's Hospital, and while luncheon was proceeding he asked the Treasurer, Mr. Lushington, who was sitting next him, who I was. When told he bent forward and asked me my father's Christian name and what happened to him. On hearing that it was Benjamin, and that he had taken orders, he said But there were two Benjamin Harrisons, ' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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