Still his father said nothing, his eyes fixed on the view like a soldieron guard duty, determined not to miss the signal flare sent up by a savage tribe on a distant hill.
The soldier had apparently been onduty in central London and was returning to the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich when he was attacked, Raynsford said.
Former soldier Kristian Williams, who was onduty as a doorman at the bar in Queen Street, told the jury Mr Edwards returned from the toilet and claimed his drink had been taken away.