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Logan, Edward Townshend, 1865-1915
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1865-1915
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LOGAN, EDWARD TOWNSHEND, eldest son of Edward Logan, Upper Lawn, Chester, copper merchant, and Emily Eliza, dau. of Lee Porcher Townshend, Wincham Hall, Cheshire; b. Valparaiso, Chile 5 Nov 1865; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (G); left Aug 1882; 2nd Lieut., 3rd battn., Cheshire Regt., 27 Jun 1888; Lieut., 20 Jul 1889; Capt., 4 May 1891; Maj., 1 Apr 1907; Lieut. -Col., 6 Apr 1912; served in South African War 1900-2; joined South African Constabulary, becoming Commandant of Middleburg, Transvaal; returned to England 1907; went out to France Sep 1915 in command 5th battn., Durham Light Infantry; DSO 24 Mar 1901; mentioned in despatches LG 23 Apr and 10 Sep 1901; m. 22 Jan 1896 Hilda Emma Frances, widow of Walter Duckworth, West Kirby, Cheshire, and dau. of Carruthers C. Johnston[e ?], Chorlton Hall, Cheshire, sugar merchant; killed in action at Loos 25 Sep 1915.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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http://firstworldwar.westminster.org.uk/?p=668
Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.