Henry Langtry
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Henry Langtry (b.1841-d.1892) was an English war hero who served as a Colonel with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign in 1868, and was present at the storming and capture of Magdala (Medal).
Langtry served with the 15th Hussars in the Candahar Column in the Afghan war of 1878-80, including the advance to khelat-i-Ghilzai; commanded a detached squadron of his Regiment at the affair in the Ghlo Pass, 4th January 1879; also served with the Thull-Chotiali Field Force under Brigadier General Biddulph, and accompanied Major General Phayre in his march to Candahar (Medal).
Colonel Langtry also served in the Boer war of 1881 with the 15th Hussars. Langtry died in 1892 in Portsea, Hampshire. [1]
[edit] See also
- First Anglo-Afghan War (from 1839 to 1842)
- Second Anglo-Afghan War (from 1878 to 1881)
- Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
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