| Captain, the Honorable Adolphus Edward Prendergrast Vereker, 2nd Battalion, 20th Regiment of Foot. The son of Lord John Prendergast Vereker, 3rd Viscount Gort and Maria O'Grady, he was born in 1833 and commissioned into the 20th Foot as an Ensign on 2 March, 1855. Promoted Lieutenant - 16 October 1855 Vereker served with his battalion in the Crimea at the siege and fall of Sebastopol and at the capture of Kinbourn. He subsequently served during the Indian Mutiny with the selected marksmen of his battalion at Chanda, Umeerpore, Sultanpore, Dhowraha Fort, the siege and capture of Lucknow, as well as actions at Onde, Chundra Musjeedia Fort and Bankee. He also served in Japan during the 1864 civil war where his battalion served as field artillery. Captain Vereker died at Yokohama on 12 October, 1864. Interestingly Adolphus Vereker was the uncle of Standish William Prendergast Vereker, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Natal Native Contingent, who was killed in action at Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 during the Anglo- Zulu War. Carte de Visite Unknown Photographer Unknown Location c. 1860 |
