Lieutenant-General James Babington died on 15 June 1936 aged 81.
During the South African War (1899-1902) he saw action at Magersfontein and the defeat of General de la Rey’s commando near Ventersdorp, during the Guerrilla Phase of the war.
He left South Africa in September 1901 to return to England.
Wikipedia reports that his image was chosen by Paul McCartney and used by the Beatles to depict the fictional “Sgt. Pepper” for the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.
