Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Posts : 20 Join date : 2019-08-24 Location : Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Subject: "Ex-Sergeant Major Craven" - a Curio. Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:13 pm
While compiling a list of Egyptian and Mahdist war casualties, I've come across this interesting chap, who seems not to have been discussed here before and is perhaps the largest 'Walter Mitty' of them all - "Ex-Sergeant-Major Craven". If you believe his account - and I don't(!) - he was everywhere, including Gettysburg, Sedan, Little Big Horn, the AZW, Robert's March to Kandahar, Kassassin, Tel-el-Kebir, and San Juan Hill. Recommended for a VC, he got a DCM. And an Iron Cross to boot. Needless to say, I can't find his name listed as a member of the 17th Lancers, during the AZW, as he claimed.
Posts : 7825 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: "Ex-Sergeant Major Craven" - a Curio. Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:58 am
Harry Flashman weep your heart out
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Posts : 10327 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: '' Ex - Sergeant Major Craven '' ; a curio Sun Aug 29, 2021 1:59 am
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA what a story and that is exactly what it is ....a story . I remember it was the 7th Cavalry at LBH , not the 6th Cavalry ! . Agree Frank ! 90th
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Posts : 4244 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 62 Location : KENT
Subject: Re: "Ex-Sergeant Major Craven" - a Curio. Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:06 pm
But it is a very good soldier’s story. They believe him back in the day.
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