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Lieutenant
Henry Lysons
2nd Battalion, 26th (The Cameronian) Regiment
ON March 28, 1879, Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., in command of the
mounted
men, taking part in the assault of the Inhlobane Mountain,
noticed that
much loss was being caused to our men by some Zulus who had
taken up
a strong position in some caves, from which they commanded the
spot where
some of our wounded were lying. He therefore ordered their
dislodgment.
Some delay taking place in carrying it out, Captain the Honourable
Ronald Campbell, Coldstream Guards, with Lieutenant Lysons and
Private Edmund Fowler, advanced in a most courageous
manner over a mass of fallen boulders and between rocks which
led to a cave in which the enemy lay hidden. There being only
room for one man to pass at a time, they had to advance in
single file, and the first to reach the cave was Captain
Campbell. On seeing him the Zulus fired, shooting him dead, upon
which Lysons and Fowler sprang forward, and with great gallantry
drove them from their stronghold. Afterwards Lysons remained at
the cave's mouth while Captain Campbell's body was carried down
the hill.
Lieut.-Colonel Lysons, son of the late Sir Daniel Lysons, of
Crimean fame, was born at Morden, Surrey, on July 13, 1858.
Educated at Wellington, he joined the 90th Light Infantry in
1878, serving through the Zulu War as A.D.C. to Sir Evelyn Wood,
V.C., taking part in the affairs of Zungen Nek, and the
Inhlobane Mountain, and the battles of Kambula and Ulundi, being
twice mentioned in despatches and obtaining medal and clasp.
Served through the Soudan War, 1884-5, obtaining medal, clasp
and bronze star with Egyptian Army.
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