99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) (Lanarkshire)
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles Coates (late 99th)
cover 1879 (7 Dec.) XU5 from London to "Major Coates, 99th/D. of E. Regiment, Natal, Cape Colony", marked "Immediate", bearing Great Britain 6d. grey plate 16, backstamped "DURBAN/CROWN/JAN 13/1879/NATAL" and forwarded by being endorsed on the flap "Pearson Column, Lower Tegala (sic)"; accompanied by four reproductions of old photographs and two modern photographs mostly showing Fort Pearson and the Tugela. Photo.
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cover 1879 (7 Dec.) XU5 from London to "Major Coates, 99th/D. of E. Regiment, Natal, Cape Colony", marked "Immediate", bearing Great Britain 6d. grey plate 16, backstamped "DURBAN/CROWN/JAN 13/1879/NATAL" and forwarded by being endorsed on the flap "Pearson Column, Lower Tegala (sic)"; accompanied by four reproductions of old photographs and two modern photographs mostly showing Fort Pearson and the Tugela. Photo.
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Coates served with the regiment throughout the war and was present in the engagement at Inyezane and in the advance to Eshowe.
Coates served with the regiment throughout the war and was present in the engagement at Inyezane and in the advance to Eshowe.