Quetta, India 1897.08.06 attached Egyptian Army 1897–1898 served in Nile Expedition (Atbara and Khartoum) (rcvd: MID twice, DSO, Medal with clasp) 1899.01.11 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding, South Eastern District 1899.07.24 Staff Captain, Remount Establishment, Dublin 1899.05.29 DAAG, Remount Establishment, South Africa 1899–1900 served in the South African War in Transvaal operations (rcvd: MID, brevet Major, Queen's Medal with 3 clasps) 1900.11.29 Brevet Major 1901.11.16 Major, 1st Dragoons 1901.11.16 retired and transferred to Reserve of Officers 1902.09.03 retired from the 1st Dragoons, receiving a gratuity In 1902 he again visited South Africa, and following the end of hostilities returned to England in June that year on board the SS Kinfauns Castle. Death and legacy He died suddenly in 1910 at the age of forty, having caught pneumonia at Balmoral. On his early death, shortly before his sister's coronation as queen of the United Kingdom, Francis of Teck's will set a legal precedent when it was sealed, to avoid potential scandal. The document remains unpublished, and subsequent royal wills have followed this tradition. He is buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. Orders and decorations : Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 8 December 1898; Knight Grand Cross, 1 December 1909 Ancestry References External links BBC Radio 4 programme 1870 births 1910 deaths People from Kensington Francis People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army personnel of the Mahdist War 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers King's Royal Rifle Corps officers 1st The Royal Dragoons officers Burials at the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore Royal reburials