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18th June 2007



3 new Defenders of Rorke's Drift 22/23rd January 1879 added

 

25B/964 Private J Marshall 25B/964 Private J Marshall, 2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment Defender of Rorke's Drift 22/23rd January 1879
582 Corporal J French 582 Corporal J French, 2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment Defender of Rorke's Drift 22/23rd January 1879
458 Bombardier T Lewis 458 Bombardier T Lewis, Royal Artillery Defender of Rorke's Drift 22/23rd January 1879
10th June 2007 3 day trip around from Essex through Northamptonshire to Oxfordshire and then home via a real goody...
Quartermaster AP Chambers, Natal Native Contingent, Quartermaster AP Chambers, Natal Native Contingent, killed in action, Isandlwana, an incredibly difficult one to locate within the churchyard - it took us over 20 years!
Chaplain 4th Class AJ Law Grave of Chaplain 4th Class AJ Law, Army Chaplains' Department, grave added
2250 Lance Sergeant GW Forbes 2250 Lance Sergeant GW Forbes, 17th Lancers, grave.
Lt HA Walsh Lieutenant HA Walsh, 1/13th Prince Albert's Somertshire Light Infantry added
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel FW Grenfell 2 inscriptions mentioning Brevet Lieutenant Colonel FW Grenfell, 3/60th Rifles, added - It is not everyone who gets an inscription for 'opening a gate'!
Lieutenant ALG Gould, 2nd (Queen's Bays) Dragoon Guards, added
Surgeon HH Stokes Memorial inscription on his son's plaque mentioning Surgeon HH Stokes, Army Medical Department
Second Lieutenant WJ Myers This has got to be one of the most visited memorials that mention a veteran of the Anglo Zulu War of 1879 - Second Lieutenant WJ Myers, 3/60th Rifles
Captain DG Anderso Captain DG Anderson, 58th Regiment, plaque
Captain AC Jackson Captain AC Jackson, 3rd (The Buffs) Regiment, grave
Captain EJH Spratt Captain EJH Spratt, 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment, grave
Lieutenant Colonel LA Hale Mention on the Great War memorial to his great nephew for Lieutenant Colonel LA Hale, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant CE Curll Lieutenant CE Curll, 2/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment, grave
 

And, over the next few days, work commitments permitting, some more defenders of Rorke's Drift are going up....

 

5th March 2007  
Trooper William Francis Gordon, Frontier Light Horse Family inscription to Trooper William Francis Gordon, Frontier Light Horse, killed in action at Hlobane. Thanks to Ian Knight for forwarding on William Lawrie's photographs.
21st February 2007  
Zibhebu Thanks to Ian Knight for his photographs of the grave of the Zulu commander Zibhebu kaMaphitha - an interesting inscription!
29th January 2007
Like everyone else in the Anglo Zulu War Community we are shocked and deeply saddened by the death of David Rattray of Fugitives' Drift Lodge. Our sympathies go to his family.
 

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