May Violet DENT
née SELLAR
translator
b. Dec 7, 1863, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
m. 1893 or 1894
Edgar John DENT
b. Oct 20, 1863
d. Sep 18, 1906, London, England
Gentleman Cadet
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire (1881)
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
1/2nd Batt., Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
Lieutenant, Mar 10, 1883
Mahdist War (Mahdist Revolt, 1881-1899)
Suakin Field Force, Battle of Suakin, Gemaizah, Sudan, 1888/1889
Medal with Clasps, Bronze Star
Battle of Toski, Egypt, Aug 3, 1889
Order of the Medjidie 4th Class, Jan 6, 1890
Burma/India (?) (1892)
Captain, Feb 13, 1893
Adjutant, 3rd Batt., Sep 1, 1894-Sep 1899,
Second Boer War (Second South African War, 1899-1902)
-> England, Nov 8, 1900
Queen's South Africa Medal with Three Clasps
retired in 1902
d. Jan-Mar 1955, Christchurch, Hampshire, England, Age: 91
parents:
William Young SELLAR (1825-1890)
m. June 1, 1852, Barony, Lanark, Scotland
Eleanor Mary DENNISTOUN
education:
St. Leonard's School, St. Andrew's
residence:
10 Embankment-gardens, Chelsea (1906)
Burley, Hampshire (1911)
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