George GRICE MID

GRICE, George

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 10 November 1898, Entered Scottish Rifles in November 1898. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1899 in the Cameronians (2nd Scottish Rifles). Attached to 11th (Middlesex and Kent) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Temporary Captain and Adjutant at the time of his death.
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Recruits for Scottish Horse
Born: London, 9 January 1879
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Cumloden School St Kilda, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: University Student
Died: Wounded Tweefontein 25 Dec 1901. , Elands River Bridge, South Africa., 26 December 1901, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Harrismith Cemetery, South Africa
Memorials: Parkville Trinity College Lieutenant George Grice Memorial Plaque
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10 Nov 1898: Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Lieutenant, Recruits for Scottish Horse, Entered Scottish Rifles in November 1898. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1899 in the Cameronians (2nd Scottish Rifles). Attached to 11th (Middlesex and Kent) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Temporary Captain and Adjutant at the time of his death.
8 Feb 1901: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, MID in General Buller dispatch on 9 November 1900. Gazetted on 8 February 1901.
10 Sep 1901: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, MID in Field Marshal Roberts dispatch on 4 September 1901. Gazetted on 10 September 1901.
Date unknown: Involvement Other Commonwealth Forces, Captain, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), attached to the Imperial Yeomanry

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

A cable message which was received yesterday stating that Captain George Grice, of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), attached to the Imperial Yeomanry, had been dangerously wounded at Tweefontein, was followed shortly afterwards by the announcement of his death. In the absence of his father, Mr. John Grice, in Tasmania, a copy of the first telegram was sent to Mr. James Grice, who is staying at Frankston. The news of the death of Captain Grice will be received with deep regret by his old schoolfellows and associates in Melbourne, among whom he was exceedingly popular. He was educated at Cumloden, Alma-road, St. Kilda, and in his final year was dux of the school. The choice of a career puzzled him somewhat on leaving school, but after keeping a few terms at the Melbourne University, he decided to enter the army, and left for England, where he shortly afterwards obtained a commission in the Cameronians just before the outbreak of the war in South Africa. His regiment was ordered to the front, and Lieutenant Grice obtained speedy promotion to the rank of captain, and then of adjutant. His letters to his father were always written in a vein of cheerfulness, which showed how keen an interest he took in his profession. His career in the field placed him high in the estimation of his superior officers and his genial nature made him personally popular. He was 24 years of age, and was the eldest of a family of four sons and two daughters. The sons are at present being educated in England, and Mrs Grice is with her daughters, who are being educated on the Continent and are spending their midwinter vacation there.

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