COLONEL E. W. C. CHAYTOR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144778, 7 September 1915, Page 8

COLONEL E. W. C. CHAYTOR.

RETURNS TO THE FRONT. The many friends of Colonel E. AY. C. Chajtor will bo pleased to hear (says the Manawajtu Standard) that ho has made a good recovery from the wound he sustained in the Dardanelles campaign and returned to the peninsula last week. It will be remembered that Colonel Chaytor, who is on Genoral Godloy’s staff, was wounded in the right shoulder by shrapnel and suffered severely from the injury. lie made a splendid fight, however, and in due course had recovered sufficiently to be able to proceed to England. Mi's. Chaytor was notified by cable last week of her husband’s return to the Dardanelles and she has also received* letters from him written in England, in which references were made to his early return to the war theatre at the peninsula. Colonel Chaytor is a very keen soldier, and it was his desire to return to the front as early as possible. In one of his letters he informed Mrs. Chaytor that bo was anxious to return to duty, also that many of the headquarters staff had been invalided and that all the help possible was -wanted there. The Colonel said he -was beginning to feel fit for duty again, the only inconvenience ho felt being a little stiffness of the right arm resulting from the wound. Colonel Chaytor gives an interesting description to Mrs. Chaytor of the investiture of officers at Buckingham Palace by his Majesty the King for services rendered .in the war. His Majesty was in khaki, and instead of the recipients of the decorations kneeling and kissing his hand, the King requested them to stand and shako hands. This was a very graceful act on the part of his Majesty, and was very much appreciated, especially by those whose wounds would have caused them 5 some inconvenience had the formal ceremony boon adhered to. Thirty officers, including Colonel Chaytor, received the P.B. decoration, a large number received the D. 5.0., while others honoured at the ceremony included an admiral and twenty-three generals. Many of the officers decorated’had been fighting with-Colonel Chaytor, and others wore students with him at the Military College at Camberley during the earlier days of his military career. Colonel Chaytor says the ceremony was much impressive and he enjoyed it very much. Colonel Chaytor is serving his country at the Dardanelles with that distinction which characterised his military work in the South African war, and Mrs. Chaytor will have the wishes of a wide circle of friends for the safe return of her husband when the war terminates. Mr. J. C. Chaytor, of Marshlands. Marlborough, father of Colonel. Edward Chaytor, has good cause to be proud of his sons. In addition to those already fighting for their King and country fiis youngest son, aged 19. is about to leave for England to join the colours. Colonel D’Arcy Chaytor, who fought in the South African war, is now a colonel in the Royal Marines, and is at Alexandria at present. Other members of the family fighting abroad arc Lieutenant Lawrence Chaytor, recently invalided to England on account of injuries received at the Dardanelles, and Captain Alfred Chaytor. who is in the trenches in France. The Chaytor family has a military record of which they may justly feel ptoud.