THE LATE COLONEL BURNABY
It is unfortunate, says a contemporary, that the telegram relating to the Gakdul engagement is not a little more explicit in regard to the particular Colonel Burnaby who lost his life in the battle. Of course, the name at once suggests the hero of “ The Ride to Khiva,” always to the fore where there is anything in the shape of fighting or adventure. The Burnaby family are largely represented in the Army List, which contains four or five officers of that name. We have not seen in the Home papers any mention of Colonel Frederick Burnaby—the best known of the name—having joined the Soudan expedition, but there is mentioned among the list of officers Colonel B. B. Burnaby, of the 51st Infantry. It may be that this is the one whose loss is recorded. The Pall Mall Gazette of December sth mentions that “Colonel Burnaby has been appointed Inspecting Staff Officer between Ambigol and Dal,” and this is the only paragraph on the subject which appears in recent files.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2625, 4 February 1885, Page 3
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