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Subject: Francis S Alcock Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:45 pm

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Edinburgh Evening News 03 August 1901

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Subject: Re: Francis S Alcock Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:25 am

There is no mention of this soldier in the book The Rorkes Drift Men by James W Bancroft

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Subject: Re: Francis S Alcock Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:48 am

Hi All, Another newspaper report puts him in N/5 RA, but he does not appear on the roll or any other RArt roll. The 1901 census he is a Postman married to Emma [Mercer] with a son and two stepsons, in Edinburgh. He is buried in Warriston Cemetery Edinburgh. Rai Keynshamlighthorse.

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