Name of Ancestor: Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: Age
Service Number: Officer - no number
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Applicable Place of Enlistment: UK
Unit: Royal Scots Greys
Rank attained in Boer War: MAJ, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): MAJ
Murray Page: Not Applicable
Contingent: Not Applicable
Ship: Detail not provided
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Detail not provided
Personal Characteristics: Younger Brother to Col. RSS Baden-Powell (later Lieutenant General the Lord)
Reasons to go and fight: Seving Officer of the British Army
Details of service in war: Was with Colonel Plummer's Column which relieved Mafeking May 1900 other details not known.
Service and life after the Boer War: Scientist. Expert on flight and ballooning mainly for military purposes. Developed an automatic Machine gun effecting use of gases extruded by shells on firing. Was a foundation member of the Royal Areonautical Society and is believed to have had some association with the Wright Brothers.
