Montagu Maule Slade (1849 - 1884)

Born 16 Jan 1849 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 29 Feb 1884 at age 35 in El Teb, Sudan

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Biography

Montagu Maule Slade was born Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on 16 January 1849. He was the son of Marcus Slade and Charlotte Ramsay.

Montagu was commissioned as an Ensign in the 62nd Foot on 15 February 1868^[1], and then promoted to Lieutenant in the 18th Hussars on the same day^[2]. Montagu was promoted to Captain on 23 January 1878^[3].

Montagu was killed on 29 February 1884 during the Second Battle of El Teb ^[4]..

Census

Census:

Date: 7 APR 1861

Place: Great Horkesly, Essex

Age: 12y^[5]

Note: Visitor

Scholar

Visiting John Balfour Magenis Rector

Education

Education: Charterhouse School

Date: FROM 1861 TO 1865

Place: Godalming, Surrey

Note: Gown Boy

Religion

Religion: Roman Catholic

Date: 1883

Note: Converted

Attribute

Attribute:

Type: Memorial

Place: Teddington, Middlesex

Note

Note: Battle of El Teb

Note: In several charges the cavalry lost 20 killed and 48 wounded (out of a total of 30 killed and 142 wounded). Danby's twelve-man section followed a 'mad order' to gallop back amidst 'an enemy 400 strong' and recover 6 fallen troopers (2 of whom died and another 2 required amputations). The sight of mutilated corpses inflamed passions further, notably the stripped corpse of Major M. M. Slade (10th Hussars) with 'about 30 wounds from spears & all his fingers broken to get his rings off' Thereafter, explained Marling, 'We shot or bayonetted [sic] all wounded as it was not safe to leave them as they knifed everyone they could reach. Overall Dunne regarded the three-and-a-half-hour battle as 'a very tough job much worse in my opinion than our great Tel el Kebir '

The Victorian soldier in Africa By Edward M. Spiers

Sources

1. ↑ Recorded in The Edinburgh Gazette, issue 7825, 18 February 1868, page 188.
2. ↑ Recorded in The Gazette, issue 23352, 14 February 1868, page 720.
3. ↑ Recorded in The Gazette, issue 24548, 1 February 1878, page 522.
4. ↑ Recorded in The Gazette, issue 25372, 1 July 1884, page 3027.
5. ↑ Source: #S470

• Title: UK 1861 Census RG9/1105 page 2 Type: Summary Sheet Scan

See also:

• Archer, Thomas, The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire, Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of that Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in it. London: Blackie & Son (1886) page 279.
• Pine, Leslie Gilbert, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage., 102nd Edition, London: Burke's Peerage Limited (1959), pages 2077-2078.
• Sir Benjamin Slade tree published on Maunselhouse.co.uk.
• ThePeerage.com: Major Montagu Maule Slade
• Wikipedia: First and Second Battles of El Teb