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Captain C. Greer, R.A., killed in the Transvaal, 1881. '[One] of the officers who have lately fallen in the disastrous conflicts with the Boers on the Natal border of the Transvaal country. Captain Carlile Greer, of the Royal Artillery, was an officer of much experience, and in the prime of life. He was born on May-day, 1841, and entered the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant June 25, 1862, serving in the New Zealand War of 1863-4, and being present at the attack on the Gate Pah and in the action at Maketu. He was advanced to the rank of Captain in July, 1875, and went out to the Cape with his battery during the course of the Zulu War, being appointed an Adjutant of the Royal Artillery in March, 1880. Latterly he had been serving as temporary Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hercules Robinson, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.