Isazi expedition in 1892. Moving to West Africa, in 1895 he participated in the Ashanti Expedition in the Gold Coast, now Ghana. Upon his return, he was elevated to the rank of Major and then served under Lord Kitchener in 1898 when British and Egyptian troops defeated the Dervishes at Omdurman near Khartoum and recovered the Sudan. The following year he served as a staff officer in the Second Boer War, being involved in the relief of Ladysmith under General Sir Redvers Buller and later was with Lord Roberts in Pretoria. Cricket The Prince was a keen amateur cricketer, and played a single first-class match for I Zingari in 1897. He scored 35 and 0. In lesser cricket, he represented Wellington College and also founded his own eponymous cricket team. Death In October 1900, while in Pretoria, he came down with malaria, and died of enteric fever, on 29 October, aged 33, after receiving Holy Communion in the presence of Lord Roberts and Prince Francis of Teck. He was interred in the Pretoria cemetery on 1 November 1900. His grave is marked with a granite cross and a cast-iron railing. Writing in her journal, the Prince's grandmother Queen Victoria wrote of her grandson's death: Legacy There is a monument to him in the Chapel of the Crucifixion at Frogmore Mausoleum by Emil Fuchs. It was originally placed in St George's Chapel. Another monument dedicated to him also serves as a monument to the fallen officers, NCOs and Soldiers of the Devonshire, Somerset and Gloucestershire Regiments who lost their lives in the Boer War. This monument is located on Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth, outside the entrance to the Royal Citadel. There is also a statue of the Prince outside Windsor Castle (Berkshire, England), erected by his friends. The accompanying plaque displays his orders and campaign medals. Prince Christian's parents dedicated a window to him in the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park in 1905. T. Herbert Warren's biography of Prince Christian was published by John Murray in 1903. Honours : GCB: Extra Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (civil division), 19 July 1890 GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 8 December 1898 DSO: Distinguished Service Order KStJ: Knight of Justice of St. John Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal, with clasp for Diamond Jubilee India General Service Medal (1854) Ashanti Star Queen's Sudan Medal Queen's South