THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN 1896-1908
He served in the Dongola expedition in 1896, as D.A.A.G. Headquarters Staff, was again mentioned in despatches and promoted to rank of Major. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1897, in the same capacity, and was present at the capture of Abu Hamed and the subsequent occupation of Berber, being once more mentioned in despatches and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. In the Nile expedition in 1898 he was present at the battle of Khartoum, was again mentioned in despatches and granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Finally, for the Nile Expedition of 1899, he received the 3rd class Osmanieh.
A Pasha of Egypt, Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Drage retired from the Army Service Corps on the 22 October 1904, with the Egyptian rank of Lewa (Major General) and 2nd class Medijidieh. He died on 3 November 1915. Wallis Budge says in The Egyptian Sudan, Its History and Monuments: ‘In one corner of this space was the tent of Major W. H. Drage (now Colonel Drage Pasha), the chief of the Army Service Corps at Merawi. This officer controlled all the supplies of every sort and kind which were required by an army often of twelve thousand men, and it was popularly believed that, if called upon to do so, he could at any time of the day or night tell the Sirdar the exact position of every stern-wheeler on the river, what stores she was carrying, how long they would last, and also the number of boxes, and bags, and logs of wood which were to be found with each section of the Army at every place in the Sudan! He spent most of the day in writing orders, and giving directions to a legion of subordinate officials, and in seeing that his commands were carried out promptly, and a good deal of the night he devoted to official "paper work." His practical, shrewd common sense and great experience enabled him to attend to half a dozen things at a time, and to grasp the details of each in a surprising manner; nothing escaped his notice, nothing disturbed him, and he was just as sagacious in discussing with the General the number of times which a soldier's boots ought to be soled, as the preparations necessary for the despatch of a company of Camel Corps to Berber or elsewhere.’
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