| Romilly | B H S | | Lieutenant | MID LG: 29 July 1902, page: 4842. Source: General Kitchener. 23 June 1902. Re: Final despatch & mentions
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| Romilly | Bertram Henry Samuel | | Lieutenant | ROMILLY, BERTRAM HENRY SAMUEL, Lieutenant, was born 6 November 1878, eldest son of Samuel Henry Romilly, JP, DL, of Huntington Park, Herefordshire, and of Lady Arabella Charlotte (died 1897), eldest daughter of the 9th Earl of Southesk and sister of the 10th Earl. He entered the Army, 9 March 1898, as a Second Lieutenant in the Scots Guards. He was promoted Lieutenant 1 December 1899. Lieutenant Romilly served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902. He took part in the advance on Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River (5 and 6 May), and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900, including action at Belfast (26 and 27 August); operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900; operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900; operations in the Transvaal, December 1900 to July 1901; operations in Orange River Colony from July 1901; operations in Cape Colony, December 1900. He was mentioned twice in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901, and 29 July 1902]; received the Queen's Medal with five clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "Bertram Henry Samuel Romilly, Lieutenant, Scots Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". In 1903 he was attached to the Egyptian Camel Corps, and was employed with the Egyptian Army from December 1903 to August 1906, and again from September 1907, being in the interval Adjutant of the Scots Guards. He was promoted Captain 7 March 1904, and Major 16 September 1914. He served in the European War, 1914 to 1915, and was wounded. He was mentioned in Despatches and given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 10 March 1915. He was temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Scots Guards, from April to October 1917, and then became Temporary Lieutenant Colonel of the Reserve Battalion Scots Guards. In 1919 Lieutenant Colonel Romilly was appointed Military Governor of the province of Tiberias, Palestine. He married, in 1915, Nellie, daughter of Colonel Sir Henry Hozier (brother of Lord Newlands), and of Lady Blanche Hozier, daughter of the 7th Earl of Airlie, and they had two sons.
DSO, QSA (5) CC Drief Joh D-H Belf (Lt, Scots Gds), KSA (2) (Lt Scots Gds), 1914-15 Star (Maj, DSO), BWM, Victory Medal with MID (Lt Col), 1935 Jubilee, 1937 Coronation, Order of the Nile (Egypt) 3rd Class, Order of Ismail (Egypt) 3rd Class, Order of Osmanieh (Turkey) 4th Class, Khedives Sudan (2) Talodi Nyima (unnamed), Khedives Sudan 1910 (2) South Kordofan Mandal (unnamed).Armoury 1987 £6,100 (with wifes medals). BDW 1991 est £2,500-3,100.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Scots Guards |
| Romilly | F | | Commander | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879 | HMS Bodicea |
| Romilly | F W | | Lieutenant Colonel | List of CB recipients. Various sources | Scots Guards |
| Romilly | F W | | Major | Slightly wounded. Biddulphsburg, 29 May 1900
2nd Battalion.
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll | Scots Guards |
| Romilly | F W | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Scots Guards |
| Romilly | F W | | Lieutenant Colonel | MID LG: 16 April 1901, page: 2605. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 2 April 1901. Re: General mentions
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| Romilly | Frederick William | | Lieutenant | ROMILLY, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Lieutenant, was born at Edinburgh, 22 July 1854, second son of Lieutenant Colonel Romilly (who died in 1887; he was a brother of the 1st Baron Romilly) and of Lady Elizabeth, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Minto (she died in 1892). He was educated privately, and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and passed first in the examination for a direct commission in the Army, 1892, entering the Scots Fusilier Guards, 30 April 1873, as Lieutenant. He served in the Egyptian Expedition of 1882-84, and was present at the action at Mahuta and at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, receiving the Medal with clasp and the Bronze Star. He was ADC to the General Commanding in Egypt, 18 May 1883 to 31 December 1887, and, as ADC to the General Commanding, was present at the battles of El Teb and Tamai. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 6 May 1884], and received two clasps. He served in the Guards' Camel Regiment in the Nile Expedition of 1884—85, and was present at the battles of Abu Klea and Gubat, and at the action near Metammeh (two clasps). In the Sudan in 1885-86 he served in the Egyptian Frontier Campaign, as ADC to the General Officer Commanding, and was present at the action of Ginniss, and was mentioned in the Despatch of General Sir F Stephenson, GCB, dated 2 January 1886 [London Gazette 9 February 1880]: "As regards my own personal Staff, I venture to bring to your notice Major Gordon Money and Lieutenant Romilly, Scots Guards. The latter, by his intelligence, professional acquirements and intimate knowledge of Soudanese warfare (this being his third campaign against the Soudanese), proved himself an excellent ADC. To both these officers I am indebted for much valuable assistance during the time they have been on my staff, and especially since I have taken the field". Lieutenant Romilly received the 4th Class Medjidie, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 26 November 1886]: "Frederick William Romilly, Lieutenant, Scots Guards. For Action at Ginniss". He became Captain 1 April 1887; was given the Brevet of Major 1 January 1888, and was DAAG, Malta, 23 October 1890 to 22 October 1893; was promoted to Major 12 December 1894, and was Military Secretary to the Governor of Madras 18 March 1896 to 23 November 1898. He became Lieutenant Colonel, Scots Guards, 1 April 1900. Lieutenant Colonel Romilly served in the South African War from 1900 to 1902. He obtained command of the 2nd Battalion on arrival in South Africa, was wounded at Biddulphsberg 29 May 1900 and commanded several mobile columns. He was selected by Sir A Hunter to make the night assault on the Slaapkranz position, with his battalion, which successfully achieved the biggest surrender of the war, viz, that of Prinsloo and 5,000 Boers (1901). He was selected with his battalion to safeguard their Majesties during their visit to Natal, just before Louis Botha's raid south. In September 1901, he ran a blockhouse line from Potchefstroom across the Vaal River. In October 1901, he ran a blockhouse line by Piet Retief to the Swazi border, and occupied same till the end of the war. He was wounded, mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April 1901], received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a CB. He was given the Brevet of Colonel 10 February 1904, and commanded the Scots Guards and Regimental District from 23 September 1905, on which date he became substantive Colonel, until 9 October 1909. In 1908 he was created a CVO, and on 22 July 1911, he retired under the age limit. On mobilization in 1914, he became AQMG, 2nd Army, Central Force, which appointment he held until 12 March 1916, and he was AQMG, Southern Army, Home Defence, up to 31 August 1917, and was then appointed a Munition Area Inspector under the Ministry of Munitions, and so acted till March 1919. Colonel Romilly married, on 27 October 1891, at the Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Gwendoline Powys, daughter of Arthur Pratt Barlow and widow of Charles Russell Hole. He studied at the Slade School of Art, under Sir Edward Poynter. For nearly all its first five years he was Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Sporting Club in Cairo, and initiated nearly all its present attractions, and while in India he was President of the Ootacamund Hunt.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Scots Guards |
| Romilly | J G Le M | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Coldstream Guards |
| Romilly, Lord | | | | He died on June 23, 1905, was the only child of the 2nd Baron, and was born in 1860. From 1886-8 he was attached to the 7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, and served in South Africa in 1900-1. He married, in 1897, Violet, sister of Sir Philip Grey-Egerton. | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Romillyr | B H S | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Scots Guards |
| Rommel | W | 4878 | Private | QSA (3).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars |
| Romminger | C | 43728 | Sergeant | Demise: Died 03 Aug 1902
Place: Elandsfontein?
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Imperial Yeomanry |
| Romminger | Charles | 43278 | Trooper | No known Company. Served in 24th Btn IY
Source: QSA Medal Rolls | Imperial Yeomanry |
| Rommling | G L | | | Source: WO100/279 | Cape Government Railways |
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