Lieutenant Colonel ERSKINE MAGNIAC
Regiment & Unit/Ship
27th Punjabis
Commanding
Date of Death
Died 28 April 1917
Age 34 years old
- Country of Service Indian
- Awards Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Youngest son of the late Maj. Gen. Francis Lane Magniac (Madras Light Cavalry), and of Mrs. Magniac, of Coombe Cot, Abbotsham, Devon. Educated at Clifton College and Sandhurst. Gazetted Jan., 1902. Served on North West Frontier of India 1909. A.D.C. to Sir Edward Baker (Lieut. Governor of Bengal); at the expiration became personal assistant to Sir Archibald Earle (Chief Commissioner of Assam). A Member of the Free Foresters Cricket Club. His brother Meredith Magniac also fell.
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