Lot Essay
INDENTLieutenant Colonel Gilbert Edward Bryant, born 1861, entered the Royal Artillery as Lieutenant, 1880; accompanied the Burma Expedition, 1885-87; Captain 1888; Adjutant of Militia, 1895-97; Major 1897; in the South African War, 1899-1900, he took part in the operations in Natal and was present during the actions at Rietsfontein and Lombard's Kop