3-065-741 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Captain G. L. Huyshe, 1874. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. T. R. Williams. 'Among the good and deservedly esteemed officers whom their country has lost in the Ashantee War is Captain George Lightfoot Huyshe, Rifle Brigade...He entered the 83rd Foot in 1856, and served with that regiment in Central India during the mutiny; but, exchanging into the Rifle Brigade on his promotion, he went with his regiment to Canada in 1866, and, in 1870, volunteered for the Red River Expedition...Captain Huyshe was appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, and was engaged in the bush-fighting which resulted in the retreat of the enemy...His most valuable service, however, was in the survey of the country between the coast and the Prah, in which work he engaged with the greatest energy and zeal, penetrating with a slight native guard into the remote parts of the bush, often close to and in the rear of the Ashantee army. The map of the country was compiled under his supervision. Captain Huyshe was well until a short time before his death; but the malaria had no doubt entered his system long before, and an excursion into a swampy region brought on the final attack of dysentery and fever which resulted in his death after a week's illness'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.