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The school website (see References) provides this biography: 'Colin Eric Smith Neill was born in Calcutta, India, on 11 August 1876, the second child of George Fraser Eric Smith-Neil, Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army, and Catherine Laura Rundall. He was at Charterhouse [Bodeites] between 1889 and 1893. He joined the School as a junior scholar and gained a senior scholarship in 1891; in 1892 he was made a House monitor and in 1893 he became a School Monitor. He also played regularly for the 1st XI Football team. He joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1893, passing first. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1895. He was gazetted Lieutenant in 1898 and went to South Africa with the 17th Company of the Royal Engineers, taking part in the battles of Coleuso, Spion Kop, Vaal Krauz and engagements in the relief of Ladysmith. He died of Typhoid fever at Colin Eric Smith Neill was born in Calcutta, India, on 11 August 1876, the second child of George Fraser Eric Smith-Neil, Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army, and Catherine Laura Rundall. He was at Charterhouse [Bodeites] between 1889 and 1893. He joined the School as a junior scholar and gained a senior scholarship in 1891; in 1892 he was made a House monitor and in 1893 he became a School Monitor. He also played regularly for the 1st XI Football team. He joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1893, passing first. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1895. He was gazetted Lieutenant in 1898 and went to South Africa with the 17th Company of the Royal Engineers, taking part in the battles of Coleuso, Spion Kop, Vaal Krauz and engagements in the relief of Ladysmith. He died of Typhoid fever at Standerton, South Africa on 17 February 1901., South Africa on 17 February 1901.'