Col. Lionel Edmund Lushington , Col. Dorset Remt. venn's entry reads: Lushington, Lionel Edmund. College: JESUS Entered: Michs. 1876 Born: June 26, 1857 Died: Jan. 21, 1947 Adm. pens. (age 19) at JESUS, Oct. 1, 1876. Of Kent. (4th) s. of Thomas Davies, Esq. (I.C.S.) (and Mary. dau. of Charles May Lushington, H.E.I.C.S.). B. (June 26, 1857), at Boxley Abbey. School, Haileybury (The Rev. E. H. Bradby). Matric. Michs. 1876. Second Lieut., 54th Regt. of Foot 1879; transferred to the Dorset Regt; Lieut., 1881; Capt., 1887; Major, 1897; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 1902; retired 1905. Served in the S. African War, 1899-1902 (twice mentioned in despatches). In the Great War, 1914-19 (Recruiting Officer and Agricultural Commandant, Maidstone, 1915-18). Of Ryarsh House, West Malling, Kent, in 1931. Died Jan. 21, 1947, at Maidstone. Buried at Boxley. Brother of Arthur J. (1872) and Thomas G. L. (1868). (Haileybury Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; Army Lists; The Times, Jan. 23, 1947.)
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