Yule.—Col. J. H. Yule. Entered 1865; Col., 1899. Staff Service—Maj.-Gen. Inf. Brig., Natal, 1899. War Service—Afghan War, 1879-80 (medal); Burma, 1889-92 (medal with clasp; Brev. of Lieut.-Col.); Op. on N.W. Frontier of India, 1897-98 (Despatches; Brev. of Col.; medal with 2 clasps); S. African War, 1899-1900; on Staff; action at Dundee.
FOOTNOTES:
[19] The military details do not extend beyond the information contained in the Official Army Lists of 1900.
[20] This was written prior to the display of brutality towards the Peace Envoys.
[21] Now Commander-in-Chief in S. Africa.
RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
Queen Victoria was pleased to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the following officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, whose claims were submitted to her Majesty’s approval, for their conspicuous bravery in South Africa, as stated against their names[22]:—
Captain Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn of the Gordon Highlanders.—At the battle of Elandslaagte, on October 21, 1899, after the main Boer position had been captured, some men of the Gordon Highlanders, when about to assault a kopje in advance, were exposed to a heavy cross-fire, and, having lost their leaders, commenced to waver. Seeing this, Captain Meiklejohn rushed to the front and called on the Gordons to follow him. By his conspicuous bravery and fearless example, he rallied the men and led them against the enemy’s position, where he fell, desperately wounded in four places.
Captains C. H. Mullins and R. Johnstone, Imperial Light Horse.—On the 21st October 1899, at Elandslaagte, at a most critical moment, the advance being momentarily checked by a very severe fire at point-blank range, these two officers very gallantly rushed forward under this heavy fire and rallied the men, thus enabling the flanking movement which decided the day to be carried out. On this occasion Captain Mullins was wounded.