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Colonel R. C. Whitehead, C.B., 1880. 'Among the officers who distinguished themselves in the Zulu War of last year, Colonel Robert Children Whitehead, of the 58th Regiment, has received the honour of C.B. He is youngest son of the late Rev. George Davenport Whitehead, who was many years Minor Canon and Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral. He belongs to an old family long resident at Ormside, in the county of Westmorland. As an Ensign in the 97th Regiment he served through the Crimean War, and was at the storming of the Redan on Sept. 3, 1855. He was then mentioned in despatches, and received the Crimean Medal with clasps for Sebastopol, also the Turkish Medal and the fifth class of the Medjidie. He commanded the 58th Regiment through the Zulu campaign after the disaster at Isandhlwana, and was present at the Battle of Ulundi. Colonel Whitehead was again mentioned in despatches, and has been rewarded with the Companionship of the Bath. He has now retired on half-pay, after holding command of his regiment five years'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.