OBITUARY, 
Major-General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale, c.b., k.c.m.g., Y.C. 
(retired list), Royal Artillery, Master of the Ceremonies to Her Majesty, died 
on the 1st November, at Bognor, Sussex, lie was born in 1833. He entered 
the Royal Artillery in 1851 ; became Captain and Brevet-Major, 1858 ; Major, 
1872 ; Lieut.-Colonel, 1876 ; Colonel, 1877 ; and Major-General, 1887 ; re¬ 
tiring in 1892. He was an A.D.C. to Her Majesty from 1877 to 1887, and 
Equerry to the Prince of Wales from 1858 to 1890, since which, time he had 
been Extra Equerry. In 1890 he was appointed Master of the Ceremonies to 
Her Majesty. Sir Christopher served as aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir W. 
E. Williams during the blockade of Kars, and at the battle on the heights above 
the town on 29th September, 1855, he successfully held the redoubt called Yusek 
Tabia for over seven hours under very heavy fire, and was mentioned in des¬ 
patches. During the fighting he received a severe contusion from a grape shot 
in the leg. The rank of Lieut.-Colonel and the Third Class of the Medjidie 
were conferred on him by the Sultan in recognition of his gallantry. In a letter 
from the Foreign Office of March, 1855, the Government conveyed their sense 
of approval of his efforts in averting from the garrison of Kars the horrors that 
they suffered from famine in the preceding winter. In virtue of his rank of Lieut.- 
Colonel in the Turkish service he received the Order of Companion of the Bath and 
that of the Fourth Class of the Legion of Honour. Subsequently he was awarded 
the Victoria Gross for gallant conduct during the Russian War, in having, while 
acting as aide-de-camp to Sir W. F. Williams at Kars, volunteered to take com¬ 
mand of the force, engaged in the most advanced part of the works, the key to 
the position, against the attack of the Russians. By throwing himself into the 
midst of the enemy, who had penetrated into the redoubt, he encouraged the 
garrison to make an attack so vigorous as to drive the Russians out and prevent 
its capture. He also, during the hottest part of the action, when the enemy’s 
fire had driven the artillerymen from their guns, by his intrepid example induced 
them to return; and, having led the final charge which completed the victory of 
the day, he at great personal risk saved from the fury of the Turks a considerable 
number of the disabled among the enemy who were left wounded outside the 
works—an action witnessed and acknowledged gratefully before the Russian Staff 
by General Mouravieff. 
Captain C. W. Gordon (retired), whose death occurred at New York, on 14th 
October, 1893, joined the Regiment as Lieutenant on 25th January, 1877 ; be¬ 
came Captain, 9th September, 1885 ; and retired on 16th February, 1889. 
Captain C. IT. A. Hervey, died in London, on 12th November, 1893. He 
was commissioned as Lieutenant, 26th July, 1881 ; and became Captain, 18th 
November, 1889. 
Captain J. A. L. Campbell (retired), died from a wound received in action in 
Matabeleland, on or about 16th October, 1893. He joined the Regim'ent as 
Lieutenant on 2nd February, 1876 ; became Captain, 10th January, 1885 ; and 
retired on a gratuity 4th April, 1888. 
