An 1879 Army List inscribed in memory of Lieutenant E. O. Anstey, 24th Foot, who was killed...

An 1879 Army List inscribed in memory of Lieutenant E. O. Anstey, 24th Foot, who was killed in action at the Battle of Isandalwana. A leather bound Army List, February 1879, with contemporary ink inscription ‘Wilfred Anstey, 71st Highland Light Infantry, 103 Harley Street, 28 February 1879,’ with a further inscription on the following pages ‘Edgar Oliphant Anstey my beloved brother was killed at the battle of Isandalwana in South Africa on the 22nd January 1879. We joined our respective regiments at Gibraltar on the 11th April 1873 having been at the Military College at Sandhurst together and previously to that, the Rippin’s College at Woolwich studying for the Army. He was born on the 18th March 1851 and was 27 years and ten months when he was gallantly fighting for his country,’ heavy scuffing to cover and spine, some wear, generally good condition £120-£160 --- Edgar Oliphant Anstey was born at Highercombe, South Australia, on 18th March 1851. The third son of George Anstey, a leading Pastoralist and Horticulturalist, in 1854, he settled with his family in England and later attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, graduating in 1873. Commissioned into the 24th Foot, he served in South Africa with the 1st Battalion and was killed at the Battle of Isandalwana alongside a group of about 60 men from F Company, who, having withdrawn down Fugitive’s Drift, conducted a heroic last stand. His remains were located later that year by his brother and repatriated to England where they were interred in St. John’s Church, Woking, Surrey.