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Edward Manners Dillman Pyne F/M [Pyne-1197] c Married Married: 1851-Jan-15 Charlotte Sophia Chevallier F/M [Chevallier-166] c | |||||
| John Compton Pyne [Pyne-1199] [CFT #2091] Born: 1857 Died: 1893-Jan-2 |
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| d Killed in Action. John Compton Pyne was a native of East Anglia being the second son of Rev. Edward M Dillman Pyne (1820-1901) (#2032 in the tree), the vicar of Nevendon near Rayleigh in Essex, and his wife Charlotte Sophia Chevallier (1821-1910), daughter of Rev. Dr. John Chevallier. Hence he was closely related also to the Kitchener and Cobbold families. A frequent childhood visitor to his grandparents’ home, Aspall Hall, he was sent to Uppingham (about 1869) where he was top of his year and passed first into Sandhurst by some 200 marks. He was commissioned into the 54th Regiment on 30th January 1878 and promoted Lieutenant in 1881 in which year the 54th became the 2nd Bn. The Dorset Regiment. As a subaltern of great promise, he was given a leave of absence to realise an ambition to undertake a three-month walk through the heart of Persia which he completed in 1884 carrying a skilfully played violin, leaving in his wake the vision of famous English troubadours. In addition to his good ear he clearly had an equally good eye, for he was a clever draughtsman and a fine illustrative painter, many of the wonderful products of his pen and brush being in The Military Museum of Devon and Dorset in Dorchester. Promoted Captain in 1885, he served in the Afghan War as Transport Officer on the Khyber Line of Communication and was present at the Battle of Candahar for which he received the Afghan Medal and clasp. He was at Staff College, 1889/90 and passed out near the top of his intake. He was attached to the Egyptian Army Intelligence unit in 1892 and whilst in Khartoum was Aide de Camp to his cousin, Brigadier General Lord Kitchener. Captain Pyne was defending the Ambigole Wells with a handful of men on 2nd January 1893 when the Dervishes attacked and killed most of them. Pyne was shot three times and sustained sword wounds. It is said by his family that his head was cut off and stuck on a pole at the gates of Khartoum. He was buried with full military honours in the military cemetery at Wadi Halfa but it seems likely the cemetery was subsequently flooded by the Aswan dam. When mourning his untimely death Kitchener wrote 'Captain Pyne was one of the most valuable and excellent officers in the Egyptian Army, and there is no doubt that had he been spared his career would have been a brilliant one.' ✓ |
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