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Posts : 896 Join date : 2017-05-13 Age : 57 Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it.....
Subject: Re: RORKE'S DRIFT HERO Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:18 am
Hi
I have always believed that it so easy for someone to say (maybe in the pub) 'I was at Rorke's Drift in the Zulu war' and before you know it, the local press has you 'AT' Rorke's Drift, and then that ball is picked up by larger press groups.....etc etc
Ta
Simon
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Posts : 3205 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: RORKE'S DRIFT HERO Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:32 am
Hi Simon
I have to agree with you there, Chinese whispers.
An interesting note about O'Gorman is that at the time of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift, his rank is listed as a Lad. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
SRB1965
Posts : 896 Join date : 2017-05-13 Age : 57 Location : Uttoxeter - the last place God made and he couldn't be bothered to finish it.....
Subject: Re: RORKE'S DRIFT HERO Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:23 am
Hi
Interestingly enough, if (and its only an 'if' because I am not an expert at this sort of thing) James Gorman enlisted under an alias.......
I think (if the chap I am looking at in the family tree site is right) he was plain James Gorman and as 'Oirish' as me.....he father appears to have been born in Hampshire, the same as James