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+12Mr Greaves tasker224 MarkDRob littlehand John Sherman Frank Allewell 1879graves 90th 24th Stephen Evans The Scorer 16 posters | |
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The Scorer
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-03-02
| Subject: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:06 pm | |
| I've decided that I would like to visit the graves of as many of the defenders as I can find in the UK.
I know where all the Victoria Cross awardees are buried, and I'm making plans to visit those that I haven't been to. However, what I'd like to find is a list of the "other" graves so that can visit them as well. I know about the three in St Woolos Cemetery, Newport, the three in Ruddington Cemetery, Nottingham and Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne in London, but I don't know where any of the others are.
I know that the former Keynsham Light Horse web site had a lot of information, but the site now seems to be unavailable. So, does any one know where I can find a list of the others, please?
Thank you.
:) |
| | | Stephen Evans
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-02-19 Age : 61 Location : Malta, G.C.
| Subject: After the Battle Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:55 pm | |
| Hi, You might find the excellent publication The Zulu War, Then and Now by Ian Knight and Ian Castle published by After the Battle Publications of use as a referance. Wonderful book in itself. Cheers, |
| | | 24th
Posts : 1862 Join date : 2009-03-25
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:19 pm | |
| Scorer. Welcome to the forum. You may want try putting the name of the defender in the search box left hand side of home page, make sure it's set to search inside. We have quite alot in the Grave & Memorial section. Most of the locations are within the information on the defender.
Hope its helps. |
| | | 90th
Posts : 10882 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Visiting the graves of the R.D. defenders Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:30 pm | |
| Hi Scorer. Kris Wheatley's Legacy series of books will tell you where many are buried and also details their lives during and after their army service . Check the ' Our Favourite Links ' on the left hand side of the page . cheers 90th. Ps. As 24th said there are many to be found using the link he mentions . |
| | | 1879graves
Posts : 3362 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:24 pm | |
| Hi Scorer
Welcome to the forum.
I will start a list for you and hopefully other members will fill in the blanks and correct any mistakes.
Maybin, G.W. Colour-Sergeant – buried Maitland Cemetery, Capetown, South Africa. Cantwell, John. Gunner 2076 Evans, Abraham. Gunner 1643 - Buried Varteg Chaple Graveyard, Varteg, Pontypool. Howard, Arthur. Gunner 2077 - Buried Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham. (Unmarked) Lewis, Thomas. Bombardier. 458 - Buried in Highgate Cemetery in a pauper’s grave Chard, John Rouse Merriott, Lieutenant – Buried Hatch Beachamp, Somerset Robson, Charles John, Driver 12046 (Chard's Batman) – Buried Woolwich New Cemetery, London Milne, Frederick. Sergeant. 2260 – Buried Manchester Southern Cemetery, Manchester (Unmarked) Beckett, William. Private. 25B/135, died of wounds 23 January 1879 Desmond, Patrick. Private. 25B/568 Horrigan, William. Private. 1-24/1861, killed in action 22 January 1879 Jenkins, James. Private. 25B/841, killed in action 22 January 1879 - Memorial stone Littledean Churchyard, Gloucestershire Nicholas, Edward. Private. 25B/625, killed in action 22 January 1879 Payton, Thomas. Private. 25B/372 Roy, William. Private. 1-24/1542 - Unmarked Grave. Baptist (May's Hill) Cemetery, Warren Road, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. Turner, Henry. Private. 25B/l04 Waters, John. Private. 1-24/447 - Buried Fulham Cemetery, (Unmarked) Wilson, Edward. Sergeant. 25B/56 - Buried Aldershot Military Cemetery. Adams, Robert. Private. 25B/987 D Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Allen, William Wilson. Corporal. 2-24/1240 – Buried Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouthshire, Wales Ashton, James. Private. 2-24/913, B Company Barry, Thomas. Private. 25B/1381, B Company Bennett, William Private. 25B/918, B Company Bessell, William. Lance-Corporal. 25B/l287, B Company Bly, John. Private. 2-24/2427, B Company Bourne, Frank. Colour-Sergeant. 2-24/2459, B Company - Beckenham Crematorium & Cemetery, Beckenham, Kent Bromhead, Gonville. Lieutenant, B Company – Buried Cantonment Cemetery, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Bromwich, Joseph. Private. 25B/1524, B Company - Buried Bilston, Staffs, (Umarked) Buckley, Thomas. Private. 25B/1184, B Company - Buried Anfield Cemetery Liverpool (Unmarked) Burke, Thomas. Private. 25B/1220, B Company – Buried Ford Cemetery, Liverpool Bushe, James. Private. 2-24/2350, B Company Camp, William Henry. Private. 25B/1181, B Company Chester, Thomas. Private. 25B/1241, B Company Chick, James. Private. 25B/1335 D Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Clayton, Thomas. Private. 25B/755, B Company Cole, Robert. Private. 25B/1459, F Company - Buried Whitton Cemetery Birmingham Cole, Thomas. Private. 25B/801 B Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Collins, Thomas. Private.25B/1396, B Company Connolly, John. Private. 25B/906, C Company Connors, Anthony. Private. 2-24/2310, B Company Connors, Timothy. Private. 2-24/1323, B Company Cooper, William. Private. 2-24/2453, F Company Davies, George. Private. 25B/470, B Company Davis, William Henry. Private. 25B/1363, B Company Daw, Thomas. Private. 25B/1178, B Company – Buried Wellington Cemetery, Somerset Deacon, George. Private. 25B/1467, B Company, alias George D Power Deane, Michael. Private. 25B/1357, B Company Dick, James. Private. 2-24/1697, B Company Dicks, William. Private. 2-24/1634, B Company - Buried at Islington Cemetery. (Unmarked) Driscoll, Thomas. Private. 25B/971, B Company – Buried Ebbw Vale municipal cemetery, (Unmarked) Dunbar, James. Private. 25B/1421, B Company Edwards, George. Private. 25B/922, B Company, alias George Edward Orchard – buried Paulton Parish Cemetery, Bristol Evans, Frederick. Private. 25B/953, H Company Fagan, John. Private. 25B/969 B Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 French, George. Corporal. 2-24/582, B Company - Buried Hanwell Cemetery, Ealing, London Galgey, Patrick. Drummer 2-24/1713, D Company, Buried Paddington Old Cemetery, Kilburn, London Gallagher, Henry. Sergeant. 25B/81, B Company – Buried Christ Church, Portsdown, Portsmouth Gee, Edward. Private. 2-24/2429, B Company Hagan, James. Private. 25B/978, B Company - Glyntaff Cemetery & Crematorium, Pontypridd Halley, William. Lance-Corporal. 25B/l282, B Company - Died at Thayetmyo, Burma Harris, John. Private. 25B/1062, B Company Hayden, Garret. Private. 2-24/1769 D Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Hayes, Patrick. Drummer 2-24/2067, B Company - Buried Lambeth Cemetery (Unmarked) Hitch, Frederick. Private. 25B/1362, B Company – Buried St. Nicholas' Churchyard, Old Chiswick Hook, Alfred Henry. Private. 25B/1373, B Company - Buried St. Andrews Parish churchyard, Churcham, Gloucester Jobbins, John. Private. 25B/1061, B Company - Buried St. Cadoc's Church, Trevethin, Pontypool Jones, Evan. Private. 25B/1428, B Company, alias Patrick Cosgrove Jones, John. Private. 25B/1179, B Company Jones, John. Private. 25B/970, B Company Jones, Robert. Private. 258/716, B Company - Buried St. Peter's Church graveyard, Peterchurch, Herefordshire Jones, William. Private. 2-24/593, B Company - Buried in a common grave in Philips Park Cemetery in Bradford, Manchester Judge, Peter. Private. 2-24/2437, B Company Kears, Patrick. Private. 25B/972, B Company Keefe, James. Drummer 2-24/2381, B Company - Ebbw Vale Cemetery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales (Unmarked) Key, John. Corporal. 2-24/2389, B Company Kiley, Michael. Private. 25B/1386, B Company Lewis, David. Private. 25B/963, B Company, alias James Owen – Buried Bethel Cemetery, Sketty Lines, Henry. Private. 2-24/1528, B Company - Buried St Johns Churchyard, Upper Boddington. (Unmarked) Lloyd, David. Private. 25B/1409, B Company - Buried Cefne Cemetery, Merthyr Tydfil Lockhart, Thomas. Private. 25B/1176, B Company Lodge, Joshua. Private. 25B/1304, B Company - Buried Phillips Park Cemetery Manachester. (Unmarked) Lynch, Thomas Michael. Private. 25B/942, B Company Lyons, John. Corporal. 25B/1112, B Company - Buried St Woollos Cemetery, Newport. Lyons. John. Private. 2-24/1441, A Company Manley, John. Private. 2-24/1731, A Company Marshall, James. Private. 25B/964, B Company - Buried Vicarage Lane Cemetery, Ruddington, Nottingham Martin, Henry. Private. 25B/756, B Company - Buried Binegar Churchyard, Somerset Mason, Charles. Private. 25B/1284, B Company Maxfield, Robert. Sergeant. 25B/623 G Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Meehan, John. Drummer 2-24/2383, A Company Minehan, Michael. Private. 2-24/1527, B Company – Buried Castletownsend, County Cork Moffatt, Thomas. Private. 25B/968, B Company – Buried Runcorn Cemetery, Cheshire Morris, Augustus. Private. 25B/1342, B Company - Buried Kirkdale Cemetery, Liverpool (Unmarked) Morris, Frederick. Private. 25B/525, B Company - Died in service of disease at Secunderabad, India Morrison, Thomas. Private. 25B/1371, B Company Murphy, John. Private. 25B/662, B Company - Buried St Woollos Cemetery, Newport Neville, William. Private. 25B/1279, B Company - Buried Ince in Makerfield Urban, district cemetery. (Unmarked) Norris, Robert. Private. 25B/1257, B Company Osborne, William. Private. 25B/1480, B Company Parry, Samuel. Private. 25B/1399, B Company Partridge, William. Private. 25B/1410, G Company Pitt, Samuel. Private. 25B/1186, B Company - Buried St David’s Cemetery, Bettwa Robinson, Edward. Private. 25B/1286, B Company Ruck, James. Private. 25B/1065, B Company Savage, Edward. Private. 25B/1185, B Company - Buried Cathay’s Cemetery, Cardiff. (Unmarked) Saxty, Alfred. Corporal. 25B/849, B Company – Buried St Woollos Cemetery, Newport Scanlon, John. Private. 25B/1051 A Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Sears, Arthur. Private. 2-24/2404, A Company - Buried Fulham Cemetery, London(Unmarked) Shearman, George. Private. 2-24/1618, B Company Shergold, John. Private. 2-24/914, B Company Smith, George. Sergeant. 2-24/1387, B Company - Buried Islington Cemetery. Smith, John. Private. 25B/1005, B Company Stevens ,Thomas. Private. 25B/777, B Company Tasker, William. Private. 2-24/1812, B Company - Buried Yardley Cemetery , Birmingham, (Unmarked) Taylor, Frederick. Private. 25B/973, B Company Taylor, James. Lance-Sgt. 25B/82, E Company - Buried Trefnant Parish Churchyard Denbighshire Taylor, Thomas Edward. Private. 25B/889, B Company – Buried Runcorn Cemetery, cheshire Thomas, John. Private. 25B/1280, B Company, alias Peter Sawyer - Buired Kirkdale Cemetery, Liverpool. (Unmarked) Thompson, John. Private. 25B/1394, B Company Tobin, Michael. Private. 25B/879, B Company Tobin, Patrick. Private. 25B/641, B Company Todd, William John. Private. 25B/1281, B Company Tongue, Robert. Private. 25B/1315, B Company - Buried Vicarage Lane Cemetery, Ruddington, Nottingham (Cemetery now renamed as Vicarage Lane Cemetery) Wall, John. Private. 25B/1497, B Company Whetton, Alfred. Private. 2-24/977, B Company Wilcox, William. Private. 25B/1187, B Company - Buried Dolton Churchyard, Devon Williams, John. Private. 25B/1395, B Company, alias John Fielding - Buried in St. Michael's Churchyard, Llantarnam, Gwent Williams, John. Private. 25B/934, E Company Williams, Joseph. Private. 25B/1398 B Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Williams, Thomas. Lance-Sergeant. 25B/1328, died of wounds 23 January 1879 Windridge, Joseph. Sergeant. 2-24/735, B Company - Buried Witton Cemetery, Aston, Birmingham (Unmarked) Wood, Caleb. Private. 25B/1316, B Company – Buried Shaw Street Cemetery , Ruddington, Nottingham (Cemetery now renamed as Vicarage Lane Cemetery) Graham, James. Corporal. 1123, alias Daniel Sheehan - Buried Aldershot Military Cemetery. Attwood, Francis. Second Corporal. 24692 - Remains reinterred at Efford Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon Byrne, Louis Alexander. Acting Storekeeper, (civilian attachment), killed in action 22 January 1879 Dalton, James Langley. Acting Assistant Commissary – Buried Russell Road Roman Catholic Cemetery, South Africa Dunne, Walter Alphonsus. Assistant. Commissary – Died in Rome Reynolds, James Henry. Surgeon. BA MB ChB – Buried Kensal Rise Cemetery Pearse, Mr., Surg. Reynolds's servant Ludding, Thomas. Private. McMahon, Michael. Private. 3359 Miller, Robert. Corporal. Adendorff, James. Lieutenant Mayer, Jessy H. Corporal. Anderson, Michael. Corporal. , killed whilst deserting 22 January 1879 Doughty, William. Corporal. Scammell, Carl. Corporal. Schiess, Ferdnand Christian. Corporal - Buried at Sea Wilson, John. Corporal Green, Robert S. Trooper - Buried La Zaretto Cemetery, Mossel Bay Hunter, Sydney H. Trooper., killed in action 22 January 1879 Lugg, Henry. Trooper – Buried Old Port Shepstone Cemetery, Port Shepstone, South Africa Smith, George. The Reverend – Buried New Hall Lane cemetery in Preston, Lancashire The Rev Smith's native servant Daniels, Mr
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| | | The Scorer
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-03-02
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:01 am | |
| Thank you all very much for your help ... this is exactly what I wanted!
I realise, just by looking at the list, that quite a number will be out of my reach, i.e. not in the UK. However, I'm sure that I'll be able to visit some of them, so this information will be of great use.
Thanks again!
:) |
| | | Frank Allewell
Posts : 8572 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 77 Location : Cape Town South Africa
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:05 am | |
| 1879 Graves Do you have any more Data on the positioning or grave ref for Mabin in Maitland Cemetery, the custodians dont have a clue.
Regards |
| | | Sherman
Posts : 30 Join date : 2010-01-14
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:52 pm | |
| Mabin - 12487B Maitland Cemetery - died 23/101938
Robert Shedden St John Green NMP buried La Zaretto Cemetery, Mossel Bay
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| | | John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:59 pm | |
| I'm sure there was a site on here, which shows all the locations in Google Earth. |
| | | 1879graves
Posts : 3362 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:54 pm | |
| Hi Springbok9 George William Mabin died, aged 90, at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Rondesbosch, Cape Town on the 23rd October 1938. He is buried in a large family plot in Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Sorry mate, that's all the information I have on the grave. Hi Sherman Many thanks for Trooper Green's details, I have updated the list with his details. |
| | | littlehand
Posts : 7076 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 55 Location : Down South.
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:20 pm | |
| Mabin. Find a Grave Click Here |
| | | Frank Allewell
Posts : 8572 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 77 Location : Cape Town South Africa
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Fri Mar 04, 2011 5:23 am | |
| Thanks guys, I will have a browse around on the weekend.
Regards |
| | | MarkDRob
Posts : 2 Join date : 2011-03-06
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:58 pm | |
| Hi Springbok9,
The grave of Georhe Mabin is not too difficult to find. Just ensure that you have a picture of the grave with you and it should not take you more than 10-15 mins of driving around the cemetery to locate it - you can enter the cemetery by car and you will be able to drive right up to the grave, which will save you a lot of time, as its a large cemetery.
Regards, Mark |
| | | littlehand
Posts : 7076 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 55 Location : Down South.
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:50 pm | |
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| | | 1879graves
Posts : 3362 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:29 pm | |
| James Jenkins - Memorial stone - Littledean Churchyard, Gloucestershire added to the list. |
| | | The Scorer
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-03-02
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:12 pm | |
| It's been a while since I said what I was going to do, and I haven't done very much for various reasons.
However, I'm now going to try to do what I said I wanted to do, and I'm going to start with the graves that are near to Newport. Two of the Cemeteries that I'm going to try to visit are those at Ebbw Vale (Drummer James Keefe and Private Thomas Driscoll) and Merthyr Tydfil (Private David Lloyd). I have written to the two Councils to ask them for information of the location of the Cemeteries and the specfici graves.
I have heard from Merthyr Tydfil Council, and they've asked for some more details of Private Lloyd. They would like in particular the following: the address of the house he was living in at the time iof his death;the date of his death, and an idea of why I think that he was buried in the Cefn Coed Cemetery. Although I haven't heard from Blaenaau Gwent Council about Drummer Keefe and Private Driscoll, I'm guessing that I might well be asked for similar information (especially the dates of death) here as well.
So, can anyone help me with this information, please? If you can, please post here or send me a PM.
Thank you very much.
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| | | 1879graves
Posts : 3362 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:31 pm | |
| Hi The Scorer 1409 Pte David Lloyd, Died 16th Sep 1917, Buried Cefne Cemetery, Merthyr Tydfil. 971 Pte Thomas Driscoll, died 20th June 1931, buried in Ebbw Vale municipal cemetery. 2381 Drummer James Keefe, Died 18th September 1893, Buried Ebbw Vale The best person to contact is Kris Wheatley, she can be contacted through her website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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| | | tasker224
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 57 Location : North London
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:50 pm | |
| From Garves' comprehensive list, 14/50 - 28% of the known graves in Britain, are in cemeteries that are in Wales.
Would this give us some clue as to the % of B Coy, 24th Foot who defended Rorke's Drift, that were Welshmen? |
| | | Mr Greaves
Posts : 747 Join date : 2009-10-18
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:48 pm | |
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| | | The Scorer
Posts : 4 Join date : 2011-03-02
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:49 pm | |
| Thank you everyone - it's a great help! |
| | | birminghammo
Posts : 1 Join date : 2012-05-01 Age : 77 Location : Birmingham
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu May 03, 2012 10:42 pm | |
| Hello everyone , I am new to this page and therefore unsure of what to do .Several years ago i belonged to a group called the 1879 re-enactment group. They dedicated there time and effort into seeking out those brave men who fought that terrible battle against the zulu's During my time with them they held a rededication ceremony for my great great grandfather Alfred " Henry " Hook who won the Victoria Cross , My gt gt grandfather in the film Zulu was portrayed as a drunken malingerer , a thief and a coward . The actor James Dean who played the part of " Henry " was very upset that when he heard about the rededication ceremony wanted to attend, unfortunatley a short time before the ceremony he was taken ill and died. There have been many services over the years for those brave soldiers and i hope that there will be many more for those forgotten hero's. |
| | | ADMIN
Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 65 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu May 03, 2012 11:19 pm | |
| Welcome to the forum. May I say what an excellent first post. The work by these re-enactment groups connected with the The Anglo Zulu War of 1879 is very much appricated, and I know I speak for everyone. And regarding your great great Grandfather " Henry Hook" there is not on person on this forum or any other forum that I know of thinks "Henry Hook" was anything else other than a very Brave and Honrible Soldier. "Hooky as he come to be known is and always will be one of the more famous names in the history books on Zulu War 1879. Thank you for joining the forum. We are all deadicated to keeping their names alive. They will not be forgotten. |
| | | impi
Posts : 2308 Join date : 2010-07-02 Age : 44
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Thu May 03, 2012 11:33 pm | |
| Birminghammo. Welcome to the forum, and I echo Admins words. |
| | | Mr M. Cooper
Posts : 2590 Join date : 2011-09-29 Location : Lancashire, England.
| Subject: Visiting the graves of the RD men Fri May 04, 2012 12:01 am | |
| Hello and welcome Birminghammo. I would also echo Admin and impi's posts. Like many wrong things in the film, they also got it wrong about 'Hooky'. He was, as Admin says, a very brave and honourable man. Just one correction to make, the actor who played 'Hooky', was James Booth, not James Dean, you must have done a typo. :lol: Hope you enjoy your time on the forum, there are some good chaps and chapesses on here. Regards. Martin. |
| | | 90th
Posts : 10882 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Visiting the Graves of the R.D. Defenders Fri May 04, 2012 1:08 am | |
| Hi Birminghammo. Echo the above sentiments . Cheers 90th |
| | | Frank Allewell
Posts : 8572 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 77 Location : Cape Town South Africa
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Fri May 04, 2012 7:31 am | |
| Martin Youve got it wrong mate, in the movie, in the background when Chard was building the ponts there is a road. Look carefully and you will see a porch come round the corner, has to be James Dean on the way to the set. Cheers |
| | | Mr M. Cooper
Posts : 2590 Join date : 2011-09-29 Location : Lancashire, England.
| Subject: Visiting the graves of the RD men Fri May 04, 2012 12:47 pm | |
| Nice one springy :lol: Do you mean that James Dean actually disguised himself to look like James Booth, wow! what a cunning ploy that was. :lol: |
| | | ADMIN
Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 65 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:37 pm | |
| If any members of this forum are members of the RDVC they may like to pass this on to Paul, it may be helpful. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]This is the link below that may help. Look at 1879Graves post. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:36 pm | |
| Ahh The Keynsham Light Horse! still can be googled, has a search engine, finest site of its type i have ever seen.. |
| | | John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:53 pm | |
| - xhosa2000 wrote:
- Ahh The Keynsham Light Horse! still can be googled,
has a search engine, finest site of its type i have ever seen.. But not with the memorials. |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:27 am | |
| Sadly john, your right, not for a number of years now! but some of the guys are still around, and i'm sure they will put Dr Paul straight.. i supplied the photo of 593's grave..i miss the Zulu's that would chase you around the page.. |
| | | John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:49 am | |
| Do you still have the photos of the 593 Graves you mention? |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:15 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:16 pm | |
| To the tune of the ' Warwickshire Lad's ' |
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Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 65 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:53 pm | |
| Xhosa. Did you attend the event! |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:51 pm | |
| Yes Admin, i was invited, it was a glorious day very warm i recall. |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sun Oct 26, 2014 2:26 am | |
| o'h yeah i forgot to say, yes i took the pictures admin. |
| | | 90th
Posts : 10882 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Visiting the Graves of RD Defenders Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:30 pm | |
| Good stuff Les . Cheers 90th |
| | | impi
Posts : 2308 Join date : 2010-07-02 Age : 44
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:54 pm | |
| - xhosa2000 wrote:
- Yes Admin, i was invited, it was a glorious day
very warm i recall. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:03 pm | |
| Thanks 90th . hiya impi. thanks for the link! nice day to remember. was you there? |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:00 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:04 am | |
| I would have posted my footage of the day, but others did it so much better..anyhow here is the beginning of mine and the end! interesting only for the minor blooper at the end, which made me smile.. sorry about the link, my regular method would appear to no longer work.. |
| | | ADMIN
Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 65 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:13 am | |
| Xhosa, I posted the correct link for you! |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:10 am | |
| funny that! i posted the correct link three times! but it was blocked! but thank you anyway admin. |
| | | ADMIN
Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 65 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:29 pm | |
| Just out of interest, what link are you posting. |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:52 pm | |
| i post the same way i posted all my other's, no different! then i posted gangster shark and you lost your blob..i do not seek to disrupt anything..just think it slightly odd!. |
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Posts : 4349 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 65 Location : KENT
| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:07 pm | |
| That's the problem your other links didnt work, either. |
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| Subject: Re: Visiting the Graves of the Rorke's Drift Defenders Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:53 pm | |
| Hmmm, that's frightening! so are you saying that none of the films i have posted have shown on this site? despite the fact that i have read forum members comments afterwards. or are you exaggerating a bit, i think what it could be is that i went into the settings on my google/ youtube account a few months ago and had a fiddle..i dont know what ive done!..i upload a clip..when its processed, i copy the code.. on this site i paste it in to the box, press insert then send. thats all i know, i'm smart at somethings but obviously not at others.. it could be seen that i'm talking the p..i'm not. i'm clearly doing some- thing wrong.. |
| | | 90th
Posts : 10882 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Visiting the graves of the RD Defenders Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:21 am | |
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