Lieutenant Colonel Erskine Magniac

England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

• First name(s) Erskine
• Last name Magniac
• Gender Male
• Birth year -
• Birth place -
• Baptism year 1883
• Baptism date 15 Mar 1883
• Residence Hitchin, Hertford, England
• Place Hitchin
• County Hertfordshire
• Country England
• Father's first name(s) Francis Lane
• Father's last name Magniac
• Mother's first name(s) Edith Douglas Georgina
• Mother's last name -

MAGNIAC, ERSKINE

• Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
• Date of Death: 28/04/1917
• Age: 34
• Regiment/Service: 27th Punjabis Commanding
• Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
• Panel Reference: Panel 54.
• Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
• Additional Information:Youngest son of the late Maj. Gen. Francis Lane Magniac (Madras Light Cavalry), and of Mrs. Magniac, of Coombe Cot, Abbotsham, Devon. Educated at Clifton College and Sandhurst. Gazetted Jan., 1902. Served on North West Frontier of India 1909. A.D.C. to Sir Edward Baker (Lieut. Governor of Bengal); at the expiration became personal assistant to Sir Archibald Earle (Chief Commissioner of Assam). A Member of the Free Foresters Cricket Club. His brother Meredith Magniac also fell.
• CWGC

Reference: IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN FROM RYE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR MCMXIV – MCMXIX (1914-1919)