Private 36/581 Charles Wall 1/13th regiment and the Prince Imperial

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'Charles Wall (70) who has died at Bath, served with the Sommersets in the Zulu War and helped to recover the body of the Prince Imperial who was killed by a poisened assegai'

Yorkshire Evening Post - Friday 09 January 1925

1879 clasp

There was also Private J Wall 36/414 1878-79 clasp in the 1/13th

'Mr. Charles Wall, a veteran of the Zulu War of 1879, and one of the few survivors of the party of soldiers who recovered the body of the Prince Imperial, the son of Napoleon III. and the Empress Eugene, who was killed during the campaign, has just died in Bath at the age of 70. Mr. Wall was a native of Twerton, and served in the Somerset L.I. during the Zulu and South African Wars. All four of his sons followed his example by joining the county regiment.'
Central Somerset Gazette - Friday 16 January 1925

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Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 17 January 1925

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The Light Bob Gazette for June 1925 recalled:
A moving incident which changed the history of France is recalled by the death of Mr. Charles Wall, of 17, Charlton Building, Twerton, whose funeral took place with military honours at Twerton Cemetery this morning. Mr. Wall served with the Somerset Light Infantry during the Zulu campaign of 1879, and was one of the party of soldiers who assisted in the recovery of the body of the gallant Prince Imperial, only son of the Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie, who was ambushed and killed by the Zulu hordes.

Buried Twerton Cemetery, Bellots Road, Bath BA2 3RT, in a common grave. This grave is now unmarked.
Grave reference C.J.11

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