INDENTColonel Frederic Beauchamp Lecky, D.S.O. (1858-1928), entered the Royal Artillery as Lieutenant, 1878; took part in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir in the Egyptian War of 1882; Captain 1886, Major 1896; during the South African war 1899-1902, he was present at the relief of Kimberley and in the Orange Free State including the operations at Paardeberg, the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, the Vet and the Zand rivers, and the Transvaal actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill, Reit Vlei and Belfast (D.S.O.; Mentioned in Despatches); at the action at Boschbult, 31st March 1902, Lecky in a farmhouse defensive position with 200 R.H.A. Mounted Rifles and a pom-pom foiled a heavy Boer attack by a steady fire at point blank range (The Times History of the War in South Africa refers); Lieut. Colonel, 1903; he retired as Colonel, 1908; Colonel Lecky is entitled to the K.S.A. with two clasps