Lieutenant Edward Lisle March Phillips de Lisle(1853-1885), HMS Alexandra while serving with the Naval Brigade along with his
shipmate Lt. Pigott was killed at the Battle of Abu Klea during the Gordon Relief Expedition when the Gardner Gun under their
command jammed and was overrun by the Dervishes on 17 January, 1885.

The 8 December, 1878  edition of the Times states that De Lisle was appointed as a Lieutenant to the HMS Shannon. (Of
interesting note is the statement in the same Times column titled Naval and Military Intelligence that No. 5 Company Royal
Engineers and a certain Lieut. J. R. M. Chard R.E. as having been posted to South Africa. This is of course before Lieut. Chard
would achieve immortal fame and a Victoria Cross as the defender of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.)

On 22 September, 1881 De Lisle was posted to the HMS Vernon for a course in torpedo instruction.

The period ink inscription on the reverse identifies de Leslie and states that he died "...in the heroic attempt to save Gordon and
Khartoum..." and that he was 31 years old at the time of his death.

Mounted Photograph
(Photographic Copy of an Original Oil Painting)
9 inches by 6 3/4 inches (22.8 cm x 17 cm)
J Burton & Sons - Photographer
Leicestershire, England
c. 1880's - 90's
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