Lt C. Williams KIA Hlobane

Subject: Lt C. Williams KIA Hlobane Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:14 pm

I see the SAGS awarded to Lt C. Williams KIA Hlobane was sold earlier today at Spink's Auction House , Hammered for 12,000 GBP's . Sergio , I hope you got what you sought ? . Gunner Howard ( RDrift ) SAGS and his LSGC Medals are up later today .
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Subject: Re: Lt C. Williams KIA Hlobane Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:02 pm

"Lieutenant C. C. Williams, 58th Regiment, who was killed in action 'fighting gallantly at the head of his men' at the battle of Zlobane, 22 March 1879

Aged just 23, Williams had led a party of some 250 warriors of Wood's Irregulars in the previous weeks - including the soldiers of loyal Zulu Prince uHamu, brother of King Cetshwayo

His remains were discovered eight weeks later and comprised just his skull, boots and a few bones remaining for internment"

Source: Spink

Subject: Lt C Williams KIA Hlobane Tue Jul 07, 2020 5:09 am

From memory Lt Williams was killed during the ascent (?) , shot in the head while talking to Capt Alan Gardner ( Survivor of Isandlwana & Hlobane , wounded in the Thigh at Kambula ).
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