Looking for any information on George Edward Giles born dd/mm/1855 in Karachi India, son of Captain Edward Giles and Emily Giles (born Atkins). His brother was Captain Godfrey Douglas Giles. His wife Mary Ann Shuter Giles (born Hill). His daughter Cicely Mary Hampden (born Giles), and sons Lt George Robert Bruce Giles, Lt Stanley Edmund Hercules Giles and Lt Col Godfrey Hill Giles, CBE.

He attended Cheltenham College Feb 1869; Royal Military College, Woolwich, 1873, where he twice won the Silver Challenge Bugle for athletic sports; entered the Royal Artillery, and in 1879 was appointed to the command of the Artillery troop of the Cape Mounted Rifles; saw active service in Basutoland and the Transvaal; becoming a Major in the Royal Artillery. He accompanied Lord Randorlf Churchill to South Africa in the capacity of Manager of Tour; in 1900 he commanded a battery in Rhodesia and died on his way to Cape Town 19 December 1900. Buried in Maitland Cemetery Cape Town.

He submitted a report from King William's Town on 19 March 1880 proposing the establishment of a 'Colonial School of Artillery', the very first suggestion for an artillery school in South Africa !

He was at that time commanding the Artillery Troop, Cape Mounted Riflemen. The idea of a school was not accepted but I can only assume that this led the Cape Colonial Government to the establishment of the Cape Field Artillery, a permanent unit that has absolutely nothing to do with to-day's Cape Field Artillery.

In the book, 'Boot and Saddle' by P J Young, page 97 records : (the) Pondmisi campaign did not last long. A CMR squadron under Major Bourne and Capt. Giles defeated the warriors time and time againin skirmishes in the Umtata area......."

Any information or photos will be much appreciated. Thank you.