Abyssinia (battle honour) No 1181 of 1869. It is not considered repugnant. The following Indian units were awarded the battle honour (their present-day inheritors are listed after): The 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was depicted in a work of historical fiction, Flashman on the March by George MacDonald Fraser. This work was Fraser's last 'Flashman' novel. Abyssinia (battle honour) Abyssinia is a battle honour awarded to units of the British Indian Army and the British Army which participated in the 1868 campaign to free Europeans held hostage in Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia) by Emperor Tewodros II (known at that time to the British
Former Admiralty House in 2001. In 2 December 2002, the building was gazetted as a national monument and its name was changed to Former Admiralty House upon gazette. In 2007, Singapore Land Authority (SLA) put up the Old Admiralty House for public tender — the first time for a national monument — after Karimun Admiralty Country Club vacated the premises. YESS Group Pte Ltd won the bidding and it became Admiralty Country Club. The club however failed to take off and the property was returned to the Singapore Land Authority in 2010. On 22 March 2011, Furen International School (FIS), a boarding school,