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1879graves
Posts : 3361 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:07 pm | |
| A Few more Photographs by Izabel |
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ADMIN
Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 64 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:40 pm | |
| Thanks for the 1879Graves and Izabel. Its a pity all the photo's didn't come with who's who. |
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izabel
Posts : 19 Join date : 2009-08-14
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:15 am | |
| Many thanks for posting the photos for me. Only the top one isnt named. Ill go through Stalkers and see if I can identify them. Thought they may be of interest because some of them are wearing their medals |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: natal carbineers Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:44 am | |
| hi Izabel / 1879graves. Thanks for sharing the photo"s , much appreciated . :) cheers 90th. |
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SirDCC
Posts : 96 Join date : 2010-03-28 Location : England
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:08 am | |
| - izabel wrote:
- Many thanks for posting the photos for me. Only the top one isnt named. Ill go through Stalkers and see if I can identify them. Thought they may be of interest because some of them are wearing their medals
If you want the names of the troopers in the top photo just look at the bottom one :lol: |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: natal carbineers Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:03 am | |
| hi sirDCC. Well spotted , it is indeed the same photograph. cheers 90th. |
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izabel
Posts : 19 Join date : 2009-08-14
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:58 am | |
| Do you know I never even noticed that. I wonder if this is the original photo Stalker used for his book. I got it from the Pietermaritzburg Archives so I think another trip is in order to see what else is hidden away there |
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Suem
Posts : 2 Join date : 2010-06-03
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:27 pm | |
| Hi My great great grand father John James White was a survivor of Isandlwana. He was a Sergent Farrier with the C & T Corp and later became a Chelsea Pensioner. I have a picture of him in his pensioners uniform and he is wearing his medal reversed to show the date.He had a gun carrage funeral. I have always wondered how many survived the battle and was interested to see this site. |
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John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:55 pm | |
| Hi Suem. Welcome to the forum. Any chance of seeing the photo inquestion. |
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Suem
Posts : 2 Join date : 2010-06-03
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:16 pm | |
| Wil try - I have scanned and saved the photo & newspaper cutting of his funeral but am not sure how to attach a file to this reply - not really IT literate! I can do it with a normal e-mail. |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:35 am | |
| Hi Suem,
welcome to the forum, just attach your photo on an e-mail to admin he'll post it on the forum for you.
Cheers Bookworm. |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: isandlwana survivors Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:35 am | |
| hi suem. Welcome to the forum , looking forward to the photo. cheers 90th. |
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ADMIN
Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 64 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:17 pm | |
| Suem. I have sent you a P.M |
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joe
Posts : 600 Join date : 2010-01-07 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:36 pm | |
| Hello again, Ive out together a list of the surviving officers from the battle of Isandlwana Here they are... Lt Henry Curling RA Horace Smith-dorrien. Captain Essex JA Brickhill Captain Alan Gardner Lt J Adendorff Lt Alfred Henderson NNH Quartermaster. McPhail BBG Lieutenant Higginson 3rd NNC Captain Nourse NNC 1st Captain Stafford NNC 1st Captain Smythe NNC 1st Lieutenant. Erskine NNC 1st Lieutenant. Raw. Captain. Barton If anyone can correct these, It would create a more accurate list I wont be around for about a week, so everybody keep up the excellent work thanks Joe |
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LadyCat
Posts : 38 Join date : 2010-02-20
| Subject: Excellent photos on this page Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:00 pm | |
| Loved looking at the pictures up top, good and clear, you're able to see faces and read the names of the soldiers.
We're still doing research about our ancestor, Trooper Robert J. Kincade, have sent out several inquiries, no response as yet.
Have a pleasant day/evening! |
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joe
Posts : 600 Join date : 2010-01-07 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:27 pm | |
| Ladycat, Im sure something will turn up in the future, its just the waiting game, someone will have some infomation or maybe a picture.
I can assure you all members here are still keeping an eye open.
thanks joe |
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LadyCat
Posts : 38 Join date : 2010-02-20
| Subject: Thanks Joe.... Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:00 pm | |
| I know you're right. As I've said earlier, this is a great forum, lots of fascinating reading and wonderful photos to look at.
We won't ever look at Zulu and Zulu Dawn again the same way! |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: isandlwana survivors Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:25 am | |
| hi joe. LT. William Francis Dundonald Cochrane 32nd Regt - attached on Special Service to the staff No 2 Column as Transport Officer . LT. Harry D . Davies Natal Native Horse , No 5 ( Edendale ) Troop. LT. Richard . Wyatt . Vause , Natal Native Horse , No 3 ( Sikali ) Troop. LT. T. Vaines , 1st Batt , 3rd Regt NNC , 9th Co. LT. George Frederick Andrews Natal Native Pioneer Corps 1st Co. Acting Control Officer , James Nathanial Hamer , Civilian attached to Army Commissariat and Transport Department . Here are 6 more for your list , as far as I am aware this should be all of them . cheers 90th. |
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horsefixer
Posts : 37 Join date : 2010-07-25
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:41 pm | |
| I am writing a historical saga which starts just before the Ango Zulu War. Can anyone tell me what happened to any of the survivors of Isandlwana.? I have a character who needs to fight on until the end of the war. Also, I need a regiment which fought in both Zulu War and Anglo boer War. So far I have the 17th lancers. Again, a character who needs to fight in both wars. This looks like a fabulous forum I wish I'd discovered it 7 years ago when I started this novel!! |
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horsefixer
Posts : 37 Join date : 2010-07-25
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:53 pm | |
| oh, i should have said that my survivor should preferably have been attached to the 2/24th. I know G company stayed behind and did not go with Chelmsford that day but don't know if any of them survived (or disappeared that I could "make" survive) |
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Frank Allewell
Posts : 8572 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 77 Location : Cape Town South Africa
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:35 pm | |
| Horsefixer There were no suvivors from G company.
Regards |
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rai
Posts : 1069 Join date : 2009-10-16
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:47 pm | |
| Hi Horsefixer, You are in a bit of a quandary, the main regiments that took part in the First Boer War were 3/60th Kings Royal Rifles Corps, the 58th Northamptonshire Regiment, 94th Connaught Rangers, and 2/21st Scottish Rifles. none of these were at Isandhlwana all arriving in South Africa to take place in the second invasion in april 1879. However N battery 5th brigade Royal Artillery were at both, Isandhlwana and fought during the 1st Boer war, also a number of Staff Officers served in both, including the so called Edward 'Lucky' Essex 75th Regiment, a survivour of Isandhlwana, and Laings Nek, being the only officer who was not wounded in the battle. Hope this gives you some ideas? Rai Keynshamlighthorse. |
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horsefixer
Posts : 37 Join date : 2010-07-25
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:18 pm | |
| Thanks Rai, sorry I should have been more specific and stated the 2nd Boer War. Being South African when I say Boer War I mean the second one. The first Boer war being little more than a scrap in my eyes!! |
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rai
Posts : 1069 Join date : 2009-10-16
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:29 pm | |
| Hi Again, Horsefixer, A large amount of Officers served in both the Zulu and 2nd Boer War but not many served at Isandhlwana, in fact i can only think of Lt H Smith-Dorrien 95th, but a number served in the isandhlwana Campaign but were out with Lord Chelmsford, including, R A P Clements, Willian Penn-Symons [died of wounds in 1899], 24th, John Dartnell Natal Volunteers, many others served iboth n the Zulu war and 2nd Boer War, but not in the Isandhlwana Campaign these include, Redvers Buller, Twentyman, Gawne, Strong, Williams, Lukin, Gunning, Warren, to name a few? Rai Keynshamlighthorse |
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LadyCat
Posts : 38 Join date : 2010-02-20
| Subject: fantastic colorization of photos.... Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:14 am | |
| Whooaaa, what a jolly good job of coloring Trooper Materson, really super great. Don't know which one I like best, the b/w or colored.....and how fortunate to have FOUND a picture of him. My family and I are still researching our ancestor, Trooper Robert Kincade, I've not given up hope that SOME picture will surface of him.
Have a pleasant day/evening,
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trooper
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-09-17
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:46 pm | |
| [
Hi.. Have just found this site and am looking to locate a complete list of survivors for Isandlwana? Does one exist? Have reason to think my great grandfather saw active service and survived but would like to confirm? Many thanks
quote="joe"]Hi everyone im sure some of the members on this site have always wanted a full list of the survivors at isandlwana Im sure with the combined knowledge of the members on this forum we can come up with a list of those survivors!
feel free to add any names to the list that you know!
im sure we can do it!
ill start ...
LT Henry Curling R.A
anyone please add names to that list !
thanks joe[/quote] |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:31 pm | |
| It'd be a slightly easier task for those who might be able to help by you supplying your Great Grandfather's name and unit details. |
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trooper
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-09-17
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:02 pm | |
| Many thanks. My great grandfather was Robert Winton and he was a sgt major 2nd Battalion The Grenadier Guards. Have documents which suggest he was at Isandlwana and then at Rourkes Drift but no evidence to back this up! Any help to find such information would be much appreciated. |
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kwajimu1879
Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:34 pm | |
| Trooper,
I hate to be the one to disappoint you but I can find no trace of anyone by that name on the Medal Roll.
I also have a list of Grenadier Guards who joined the draft of the 1st/24th as replacements, I regret to say his name is not on that list either.
His name, as you have given it, does not appear as a survivor of Isandlwana, or a defender of Rorke's Drift. Is it possible he used an assumed name?
What are the documents that you have that suggest that he was?
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trooper
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-09-17
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:28 pm | |
| Hi - I have diaries of his son (my grandfather) written in the 1930s giving an account of actions for his father's (Robert Winton) obituary. |
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kwajimu1879
Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:51 pm | |
| Trooper,
Might well be worth your while contacting the Guards Museum, unlike other museums the Guards have kept - where available - the service-papers of their former members. They should be able to assist you with your forebear's military service.
Was the obituary published in any local newspaper?
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trooper
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-09-17
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:42 pm | |
| Many thanks. I haven't explored the local paper theory yet! That's a line to definately go down though as I have the date of death etc. Many thanks. |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Isandlwana Survivors Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:40 am | |
| Hi Trooper. This is the most definitive work regarding survivors & Casualties of Isandlwana & R.Drift . http://www.rrw.org.uk/shop/shop.php?action=view&prodid=203 cheers 90th. |
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Mr Greaves
Posts : 747 Join date : 2009-10-18
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:44 am | |
| - Quote :
- This is the most definitive work regarding survivors & Casualties of Isandlwana & R.Drift .
More so that the Noble 24th |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Isandlwana Survivors Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:09 pm | |
| Hi MrG. I have ' The Noble 24th ' and it basically only deals with the 24th . Englands Son's has lists of ALL known personal that were there. Julian now that he is a member may post a page or two so you can see what I mean . Julian's book will also tell you where the / his information can be found . Once again I hope this makes sense . I had best clarify that Englands Son's is not a book but more a book of Lists and the whereabouts of where information can be found from those who survived Isandlwana. Julian I'm sure will be able to describe it far better than me . cheers 90th. |
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Julian Whybra
Posts : 3949 Join date : 2011-09-12 Location : Billericay, Essex
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:57 am | |
| Suem and Trooper You have both written on this forum that ancestors, John James White and Robert Winton, claimed to have survived Isandhlwana. Neither name appears in any list of survivors. It is possible they enlisted under aliases. It is also possible they could spin a line for a free drink! It is also possible that there has been confusion over the battles of Isandhlwana and Inyezane which occurred on the same day. I am perfectly willing to help you find out if their claims are genuine. Perhaps you could contact me by private message with any information you have about them - regiment, rank, year of birth, subsequent career - and I'll see what I can find. |
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dhragonheart
Posts : 7 Join date : 2012-08-16 Age : 64
| Subject: Isandhlwana Survivors Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:25 pm | |
| Hi everyone
Of the 8 Buffalo Border Guard present at Isandhlwana during the fight, 5 survived:-
Quartermaster Dugald McPhail Quartermaster Sergeant William M Adams Trooper Charles Lennox Stretch Trooper ? Lennox Trooper John Adams (William M Adams son)
QMS Adams and his son John did not know whether the other had survived until they got to Helpmakaar, QMS Adams had another son, Charles Adams age 16 on Garrison Duty at Fort Pine during the fight at Isandhlwana. All three survived the Zulu war. William to fight in the 1st & 2nd Boer War, and Charles to fight in the South African War and Bambata Rebellion. |
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littlehand
Posts : 7076 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 55 Location : Down South.
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:05 pm | |
| Thanks Dhragonheart. And welcome to the forum. |
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dhragonheart
Posts : 7 Join date : 2012-08-16 Age : 64
| Subject: Isandhlwana Survivors Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:32 pm | |
| Have just gone through my database of 1879 participants of the Zulu War and compiled this list of Isandhlwana Survivors (any errors are mine, as the database is far from complete)
Induna Jacob NNC Scout Uhlowani NNC Wagon Driver Umgohluhlu NNC Wagon Driver Umpande NNC Scout Untabeni NNC
Capt D M Smythe 1st/1st NNC Capt C R A Nourse D Coy 1st/1st NNC Sgt Maj T Sharp D Coy 1st/1st NNC Capt W H Stafford E Coy 1st/1st NNC Lt W B Erskine 1st/1st NNC
Lt G W Adendorff No 6 Coy 1st/3rd NNC Lt W C R Higginson No 6 Coy 1st/3rd NNC Pte Malindi No 9 Coy 1st/3rd NNC Lt T Vaines No 9 Coy 1st/3rd NNC Headman Mvubi 1st/3rd NNC Sgt Maj J Williams 1st/3rd NNC Sikhota 2nd/3rd NNC
Pte E Wilson B Coy 1st/24th Pte H Grant C Coy 1st/24th (Rocket Batt No 2 Column) Pte W Johnson C Coy 1st/24th (Rocket Batt No 2 Column) Pte J Trainer C Coy 1st/24th (Rocket Batt No 2 Column) (Glyn’s Groom) Pte J Williams D Coy 1st/24th Cpl J Bickley F Coy 1st/24th
Pte J Power B Coy 1st/24th (No 1 Sqd MI) Pte H Davis D Coy 1st/24th (No 1 Sqd MI) Cpl W Parry D Coy 1st/24th (No 1 Sqd MI) Cpl J McCann E Coy 1st/24th (No 1 Sqd MI) Pte S Wassall 80th ( No 1 Sqd MI) Pte T Westwood 80th (No 1 Sqd MI) Pte D Whelan 13th (No 1 Sqd MI) Pte E Evans 3rd (No 1 Sqd MI) Pte J Gascoigne 3rd (No 1 Sqd MI) Sgt P Naughton 3rd (No 1 Sqd MI)
QMS W M Adams BBG Trp J Adams BBG Trp Lennox BBG QM D McPhail BBG Trp C L Stretch BBG
Wagon Driver Abraham C&T Dept Leader Black C&T Dept Mule Driver H Boer C&T Dept Asst Comm R A Chermside C&T Dept Conductor M Foley C&T Dept Wagon Driver Gamalulu C&T Dept Conductor R J Hall C&T Dept Acting Control Officer J N Hamer C&T Dept Leader Kadupe C&T Dept Leader Mango C&T Dept Leader N’Ishepeni C&T Dept (Doherty’s) Servant Udhlowane C&T Dept Wagon Driver Umhlusane C&T Dept Wagon Driver Umtobe C&T Dept Leader Umtshate C&T Dept Wagon Driver Umzana C&T Dept
Driver J Baggely N Batt. 5th Bde RFA Driver J Burchell N Batt 5th Bde RFA Sgt J Costellow N Batt 5th Bde RFA Lt H T Curling N Batt 5th Bde RFA Gnr W Green N Batt 5th Bde RFA Gnr T Hallaghan N Batt 5th Bde RFA Trptr N H Martin N Batt 5th Bde RFA Driver E Price N Batt 5th Bde RFA Shoeing Smith J Steen N Batt 5th Bde RFA Shoeing Smith G Townsend N Batt 5th Bde RFA Driver E Tucker N Batt 5th Bde RFA Act Bmbr G Gough N Batt 5th Bde RFA (Rocket Batt No 2 Column)
Capt W Barton (Zikhali Horse No 1 Troop NNH) Lt C H Raw (Zikhali Horse No 1 Troop NNH) Lt R W Vause (Zikhali Horse No 3 Troop NNH) Lt A F Henderson (No 4 Troop NNH) Trp J Molife (No 4 Troop NNH) Nyanda (No 4 Troop NNH) Lt W F D Cochrane 32nd (No 5 Troop NNH) Lt H D Davies (No 5 Troop NNH) Sgt Maj S Kambula (No 5 Troop NNH) P Gulu (No 5 Troop NNH)
Trp W W Barker NC Trp W W Edwards NC Trp C Fletcher NC Trp W Grainger NC Trp W Sibthorpe NC Trp W Tarbaton NC
Trp G Collier NMP Trp D Doig NMP Trp W V Dorehill NMP L/Cpl R N Eaton NMP Trp W Hayes NMP Trp R J M Kincade NMP Trp R Shannon NMP Trp C M F Sparks NMP Trptr R V Stevens NMP
Trp J Berning NMR Trp T Brown NMR Trp Burne NMR Trptr J J Horne NMR Trp D Moodie NMR Trp H Parsons NMR Trp Walsh NMR
Trp A Muirhead VMR (Possibly NC)
Lt G F Andrews (No 1 Coy NNP)
Capt E Essex 75th Lt H L Smith-Dorrien 95th Interpreter P Brickhill Capt A C Gardner 14th Hussars
Last edited by dhragonheart on Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:39 pm; edited 3 times in total (Reason for editing : Revised List (19/8/2012)) |
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Dave
Posts : 1603 Join date : 2009-09-21
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:00 pm | |
| I could be wrong, but I think this is the first list we have seen on this forum with reference to the survivors. |
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90th
Posts : 10881 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Isandlwana Survivors Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:52 am | |
| Hi Dave . I think there is at least 2 other lists somewhere on here !. :lol: Cheers 90th. |
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Julian Whybra
Posts : 3949 Join date : 2011-09-12 Location : Billericay, Essex
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:15 pm | |
| dhragonheart De Burgh, Cooke, Bettington, Thomas, Edwards were neither survivors nor casualties of Isandhlwana - they simply were not there. (As a matter of fact David Edwards was also not in the MI.) You also have some of the initials/names wrong, but as you say, your database is far from complete.
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dhragonheart
Posts : 7 Join date : 2012-08-16 Age : 64
| Subject: Isandhlwana Survivors Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:02 pm | |
| Thanks Julian Left out a couple of components on the database search query which is why the extra names were pick up. Names and Initials have come from a variety of sources, all of which do not agree, and the medal rolls which can be difficult to read sometimes. 1877-78-79 Imperial & Colonial Database is still an ongoing project (about 8 years so far, and over 29,000 names, and 125 fields for each entry) it is inevitable that errors will creep in over time, or the wrong entry/or entry updated when new evidence or info is found. Still.............keeps me out of trouble :lol: Regards Steve P.S. above list amended |
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Julian Whybra
Posts : 3949 Join date : 2011-09-12 Location : Billericay, Essex
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:29 am | |
| Dragonheart You will find a complete list of survivors against which you can check your list in England's Sons. Against each name you will find the primary source which records that person, any accounts he left, etc, etc. |
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John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:55 pm | |
| Interesting announcement!! Wonder to whom there referring too.
""Any survivors from the Isandlwana disaster are urgently requested to supply infor... mation respecting A - - B - - , whose name appears among the killed. Will some of his comrades please say,-I. How and where was he 1 2. \Vhether he escaped from the carnage to the river, or was hemmed in with those who had no ammunition to use and were killed by the Zulus 1 3. Who saw him last, and under what circumstances ~ 4. Was he recognised after death, and was he buried~ 5. Was he much mutilated, and what was the manner of his death 1" Thus, as always, what was in the heart as the most important question of all was put off to the last." |
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Julian Whybra
Posts : 3949 Join date : 2011-09-12 Location : Billericay, Essex
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:48 am | |
| John I think you'll find this pertains to Trooper Adrian Blaikie. |
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John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:31 am | |
| Thanks Julian.. Would this announcement have been advertised by his familey. |
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Julian Whybra
Posts : 3949 Join date : 2011-09-12 Location : Billericay, Essex
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:47 am | |
| I believe it was from his family. |
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John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:28 pm | |
| Thanks again Julian. They certainly wanted done details. Just out of interest was hs body ever recovered. |
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Julian Whybra
Posts : 3949 Join date : 2011-09-12 Location : Billericay, Essex
| Subject: Re: ISANDLWANA SURVIVIORS Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:38 pm | |
| Yes it was found and buried at Isandhlwana. There is a named marker over the grave. |
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