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| Picture No | 10295404 |
| Date | 1874 |
| Description | Colonel Festing aged 41 |
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Colonel Francis Worgan Festing (1833û1886) of the Royal Marine Artillery, aged 41. He distinguished himself in the heroic rescue of the body of Lieut. Eardley-Wilmot from the Ashantees at Dunquah, receiving the Order of the Bath and the Order of St. Micheal and St. George for his endeavours later in 1874.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration The Illustrated London News 25 April 1874 page 384 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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