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78th Highland Regiment

3rd Brigade Royal Artillery

Officers of the 78th Highlanders

Lt Col Mackenzie

Maj Warren

Maj Feilden

Capt A. Mackenzie

Capt Murray

Ass Sgn Wade

Capt Carstairs

Capt C. Mackenzie

Capt Lecky

Capt Forbes

Capt Savory

Capt Finlay

Capt Gower

Capt Graham

Capt T. Mackenzie

Capt Smith

Ens Cameron

Ens Fordyce

Lt Rowley

Lt Grant

Lt Pitt Taylor

Lt Croker-King

Lt Maitland-Kirwan

Lt C. Stewart

Lt Justice

Lt Sargent

Lt Roberts

Lt Budgen

Lt O'Grady

Lt Alexander

Lt Moreton

Lt Stacpoole

Lt Allin

Sgn Macmaster

Ens Waugh

Ens Knight

Ens Dodd

Ens Stewart

Ens Sandeman

Ens Callander

Ens Ewart

Ens Carfrae

Ens Macdougall

Ens Harvey

PM Skrine

QM Weir

Lt E. Stewart


Halifax Citadel Regimental Association 78th Highlanders
Lieutenant George Strachey Cive Justice

Birthplace:
- Moulmain, India

Birthdate:
- 24 July 1847

Nationality:
- Probably English

Height:
- 5 feet 11 3/4 inches

Family Background:
- Not known

At Sandhurst:
- Yes

Foreign Languages:
- French

Career before Halifax:
- Ensign, 8 August 1865 (purchase)
- Lieutenant, 13 July 1867 (non-purchase)

Postings while in NS Command:
- Halifax, 9 May 1869 to 25 November 1871

Career after Halifax:
- Captain, 24 July 1873
- served with detachment of 2nd Seaforths attached to 1st Seaforths in Egyptian campaign of 1882
- at battle of Tel-el-Kebir

Died:
- 30 December 1882, at sea

Nothing is known about Justice's family background. All that can be said with certainty is that the internal address given on his correspondence with the Horse Guards about his application for a first commission in 1865 was "18 Queen Square Bath". Bath was a favourite locale for retirees. This, and the place of Justice's birth, might indicate that his father was a retired officer of either the British or Indian armies, or else a retired member of the Indian Civil Service.