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Herbert Mark Garrett Purvis [3] continued.
Educated at St. Paul's, Shooter's Hill and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Entered the Royal Artillery, 1849.
Captain, 1863.
Lieut-Colonel, 1874.
Brigadier-General, 1885.
Major-General, 1888.
Retired, 1892.
Served in the Afghan War 1879-1880, as Colonel Commanding Royal Artillery, Khyber Force. He was mentioned in despatches and received the Afghan War medal.
Appointed Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery, 1903 (which appointment he still held in 1911.)
He was twice married, and had three sons and one daughter.
Herbert Mark Garrett Purvis
Francis Reginald Purvis. [3]
Born January 18th 1833.
Commissioned As Sub-Lieutenant, February 3rd 1852.
Lieutenant, June 3rd 1852.
Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Sphinx', August 23rd 1852; in the East Indies.
Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Royalist', October 4th 1852.
Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Spitfire', July 17th 1854.
Lieutenant, the H.M.S. 'Actaeon', August 12th 1857; on the China coast.
Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Highflyer', June 4th 1858.
Commander, August 6th 1860.
Transferred to H.M.S. 'Severn', September 5th 1862; in the East and on the China coast.
To H.M.S. 'Pantalloon', in the East Indies, from January 15th 1863 (until 1865).
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