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PostSubject: Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty   Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty EmptyWed Dec 28, 2022 10:16 pm

Hello all,

I've come across a number of discrepancies regarding Trooper Borain (Natal Carbineers, killed at Isandlwana) and wondered if anyone knows what his first name was, Charles or Harry?

A handful of memorials in South Africa (including the NC one on the battlefield) list his initial as 'C', and a number of genealogy sites name him as Charles, son of Valentine Borain & Elizabeth - as does the publication 'The Borain Family' by Adrian Ferramosca.

However, I've also found references to his name being 'Harry' in Terry Sole's 'For God, Queen & Colony', and also in a death notice in The Natal Witness dated 13 Feb 1879, however here he is stated to be the son of Mr G Borain of Cape Town (which contradicts the family information given in the previous sources).

Tavender's Casualty Roll, John Young's 'They Fell Like Stones' & Dutton's Medal Roll name the casualty variously as 'G Borrain' or 'G Borraine' - possibly mis-transcriptions from the original rolls?

As ever, if anyone is able to clear up these details I'd be interested to hear!

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Hi Tim

Wikitree

I could only find the same as you, and it names him as Charles:

Born: Charles Borain SEP 1862 Pietermaritzburg,Natal, SA.
Died 22nd January 1879, age:16, Isandlwana,
Parents: Valentine Borain and Elizabeth Goldsmid(Phillips) Hyam
Siblings:
George
James
Joseph Edward
William Richard
John Valentine
Henry
Mary
Elizabeth Rebecca

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I found several errors in Terry Sole's book not to say he got this one wrong, only 16 that would make him one of the youngest.
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PostSubject: Re: Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty   Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty EmptyThu Dec 29, 2022 11:41 am

Tim,

They Fell Like Stones needs an overhaul. In the past thirty years research and research facilities have improved somewhat. I’ll put it on my never diminishing to do list.

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17 Trpr. Charles Borain and, yes, one of several youngsters aged 16.
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PostSubject: Re: Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty   Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty EmptyFri Dec 30, 2022 12:21 am

Thanks for your replies.

Athough the evidence seems to suggest that he was indeed 'Charles', I'm intrigued by the Death Notice in The Natal Witness which was presumably included by a relative & names him as Harry; perhaps he was known by this name amongst his family?

The other conundrum in this notice is his father being named as Mr G Borain of Cape Town, when all other sources name his father as Valentine Borain of Durban.

Terry Sole's book does indicate a possible connection to Cape Town, stating that relatives could not be traced after the battle, but that Borain was believed to have come from Cape Colony.

A few years ago I managed to trace Valentine Borain's burial to the West Street Cemetery in Durban (he died June 1878), and I was hoping to track down the grave itself in order to see whether the headstone - if there is one - mentions Charles'/Harry's death at Isandlwana. Unfortunately I've not been able to get any further with this, as I don't have any contacts in Durban who may be able to help - however, it would be interesting to see if there is a gravestone which might just clear this up!

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PostSubject: Re: Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty   Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty EmptyFri Dec 30, 2022 1:57 am

Hi Tim/All

I may have found the answer, Charles had a grandfather and uncle named George.

Grandfather: George Adam Borain, born 1794, died 1868, Pine Terrace, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SA. He married Rebecca Bennet 1798 - 1868.

Uncle: George Bennett Borain, (son of the above) born 26th Feb 1819, Canterbury, Kent, England, died 27th Feb 1882, Cape Town, Western Cape, SA. (This G Borain listed as father by Tim is actually the father of Henry mentioned below, and not the father of Charles).

Aunt's & Uncles:
Mary Borain 1830-1873
George Bennett Borain 1819-1882
John Bennett Borain 1838-1870
Barbara Borain 1832-1856
Austin Borain 1835-1902

Here is an oddity
Ancestry.com, also lists uncle George's son, Henry Borain, born 25 Sept 1852 as dying in 1879 also, but doesn't say where. An "e" also added to Henry's surname, "Boraine"
I wonder if this is just a coincidence or could both have served and died in different battles.

Tim I wonder if this is where the confusion has come from and Harry has been mistaken for Henry.

Hope this don't confuse things to much Eddie.


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Eddie,

Many thanks, this certainly does throw up further questions! The death notice from The Natal Witness may well have been mis-transcribed and originally mentioned 'Mr G Borain of Cape Town' as an uncle, but without seeing the printed copy it's hard to say.

With regard to Henry who also died in 1879, I think a little more research needs to be done.....

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Tim & Eddie,

A search of the old database for the PMB Archives reveals the following request dating from 1882 (Not me shouting by-the-way, but how the text appears.):

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REFERENCE 1882/366  

GEORGE BORAIN. ASKS FOR BALANCE OF AWARD FOR LOSS OF KIT AND HORSE OF HIS SON LATE TROOPER OF NATAL CARBINEERS.

Just throw another cat amongst the pigeons, The Natal Carbineers 1855-1911 by The Reverend John Stalker M.A. lists him as Trp. W. Borain.

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John
This then would seem to indicate that it was Henry ('Harry') kia at Isandhlwana!!
Since he was born 25.9.1852 Henry would have been 16 years old when he was killed.
A grain of truth in the story.
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Hi Julian

Henry born 1852 would have been 27, not 16.
Charles born 1862 would have been 16

I have checked Charles details on Ancestry and he is definitely listed as died at Isandlwana.There is nothing against Henry's
name for place of death, seems very odd.
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John/All

Charles had a brother, William Richard Borain born 1857, if he did serve along side Charles and cousin Henry then, he survived as he died Oct 1926.

For information: Henry's mother was Marion Browne, Swelletam, Western Cape, S.A
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Tim/Julian/John

Littlehands post Feb 3rd 2011, 11:02pm " South Africa 1877 - 1879 Total Casualty Roll lists two Boraine that died at Isandlwana:

Corporal Borain (only one "r" ) Port Elizabeth volunteer horse
Trooper Borrain G Natal Cabineers.

G for The Trooper seems odd, but that's the way it is listed.It is likely the Corporal could be Henry and the Trooper to be Charles, and the "G" as mentioned, a mistake for "C".

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Eddie
Sorry about the maths. Posting late at night is never very good. Heigh ho.
There were not 2 Borains at Isandhlwana. There was only one. 22 dead at the battle - all accounted for - 21 buried, one never found/identified.
22 names on the PMB war memorial and they include Trpr. C. Borain.
The mystery continues. Henry or Charles?
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Eddie, all,

Yes, both Dutton's Medal Roll & Tavender's Casualty Roll list a Corporal Borain as having died at Isandlwana under the Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse - the former publication does offer an initial of 'H', and that he was entitled to the medal with 1877--8-9 clasp (which was 'returned').

Perhaps Borain previously served with the PEVH before joining the Carbineers, creating a duplication on the medal rolls (although Trooper Borain listed under the NC appeared to only be entitled to the 1879 clasp).

I'll try to look into obtaining a copy of the correspondence in the PMB Archives found by John, as this may give some further clues - either way there certainly do appear to be some glaring discrepancies regarding whether Borain was a 'C', an 'H' or a 'G', and which family he came from!

Thanks for your collective interest so far!

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Hi All

I should imagine that the true identity of the soldier at Isandlwana is Charles as stated by Ancestry.com.
I would think that a family member would have entered the details correctly and as indicated there is no indication that Henry died at Isandlwana, there is nothing against his name, only the date of death.
It seems strange that there were only one Borain at Isandlwana, when the uncle of Charles collected Henry's possessions. It either suggests that there has been an omission in the roll or Henry died elsewhere. Going by evidence so far we know he died 1879, and that his father claimed for his horse and belongings, but medals returned for an "H" Borain is also odd.
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Eddie
It wasn't Henry's possessions (horse & kit) that were collected. Looking at John's post above the name of the deceased is not mentioned, just the collector's name is as below:
SOURCE CSO
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GEORGE BORAIN. ASKS FOR BALANCE OF AWARD FOR LOSS OF KIT AND HORSE OF HIS SON LATE TROOPER OF NATAL CARBINEERS.
For the record I agree with you that Charles is the more likely candidate for the kia.
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It was in fact Charles Borain who was killed at Isandhlwana at the age of 16 (he was born in September 1862) and not his brother Henry (Spencer, Shelagh O., British Settlers in Natal 1824-1857 – A Biographical Register, [Pietermaritzburg, 1986], vol. 3) which information has been confirmed to me by his descendants.
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Hi Julian

Yes Charles had a brother called Henry, in addition to his cousin Henry, son of George.

Quote:  " GEORGE BORAIN. ASKS FOR BALANCE OF AWARD FOR LOSS OF KIT AND HORSE OF HIS SON LATE TROOPER OF NATAL CABINEERS."

Looking at that entry, is he collecting the belongings of his son (Henry) as stated, or is he collecting the belongings of Charles his nephew.. as we know Charles's father Valentine died in 1878.
It could be, he is collecting for Charles in the absence of Valentine, his father.

This suggests to me that there has been a mix up over George very early in publications, and that quite possibly Henry, his son, mistaken for Charles. Henry most probably dying of other courses, and the date of death a coincidence.
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Hi All

Just for information:

George Bennett Borain and Valentine Borain were brothers, here are a list of their children and dates of birth and death:

GEORGE BENNETT BORAIN 1819-1882, Children:

Margaret Mary Ann 1849-1923
George Bennett Luck 1857-1903
William Charles 1864-1936
HENRY (1852-1879)*
Emily Ann 1863-1926
John James 1848-1926

VALENTINE BORAIN 1824-1878, Children:

James 1864-1922
Charles (1862-1879), KIA Isandlwana*
John Valentine 1849-1894
George 1853-1886
William Richard 1857-1926
HENRY (1859-1937)*
Mary 1851-1905
Joseph Edward 1867-1943

GRANDFATHER: GEORGE ADAM BORAIN 1794-1868, as listed above.

Just for reference.

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Where I found it as G. rather than C.

Further Affairs of South Africa - British Parliamentary Papers

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Hi All

The casualty list at "www.northeastmedals.co.ok" also list him as "G" Borain. This must be an error when transferring data to the list.
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Tim/ all

I have also been able to make contact with Adrian Ferramosca a descendant from his mother's side, as have you. From our Conversation I think we can confirm that Henry/Harry are one and the same person.
Adrian, in his post says he is inclined to believe that both took part in the battle, but he is investigating further and has indicated he may join this site.

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Hi all

As we suspected it was only Charles Borain that died at Isandlwana.
Adrian Ferramosca has said it was he who entered the date of 1879 against Henry's name on Ancestry after reading it in the Natal article mentioned.
So I think case closed, except, we know not when Henry actual died.
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I think it can be stated with certainty that Henry was not in the NC and did not fight in any military corps at Isandhlwana.
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Hi All

I had thought that we had put this to bed, however, I have been given some information from a family member on Facebook.
Andrew Boraine has posted a copy of the medal roll of the Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse.
In it are 20 members listed, one being Cpl H Borain 1877 - 1879.
This corresponds with "Little hands" thinking, which I mentioned above,  where he states there were two Borain's at the battle, a Corporal and a Trooper.
This may be where Littlehand got his info from, although it does not mean he died then.
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But there were no Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse at Isandhlwana. This H. Borain was either Charles in a previous existence before the Carbineers (and listed twice) or a completely different man definitely not present at the battle.
I don't see that Andrew Boraine's info materially alters anything established in previous posts.
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Hi

Also found:

The Natal Witness original death notice state:

13 Feb 1879 Borain Harry Death, 22 Jan 1879. In action at Isandlwana, son of Mr G Borain of Capetown [No Age or other details given]

Also in Anglo BoerWar.com under the heading "Engaged in the Frontier wars 1877 - 1879".
Category: War units
Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse:

Borain H Corporal, Frontier wars sags (1) 1877-8-9 medal returned KIA.

Under the old thread " Non British Regiment's' Zulu war, "Chelmsfordthescapegoat" Sun 14 June 2009 12:26pm.
Also lists a Corporal Borain and states that there were Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse present, and that Cpl Borain died at Isandlwana. This being a list of all Cavalry unit casualties, and does not include Carbineers, that of which, Trooper Borain was a member.
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Eddie
Remember that the Witness gets most of its info from the Mercury which takes a lot from the Times of Natal. So Merc/ToN 27 Jany has H. Borain but on 10 Feb has G Borain. Like today, newspapers made lots of errors in their reports.
Other societies websites get their information from secondary sources (unless they state otherwise); they have no special insight or information. Ditto, unless provenanced by a primary source, other members' posts.
So what can be relied upon when there are discrepancies? Well, contemporary muster rolls and pay lists (most of the time), claims from the families, local memorials and commemorations, the deceased's mates, and specific family information.
Not Forsyth, Dutton or Tavender.
We have 22 Carbineers kia at Isandhlwana. All found and buried by their mates (bar one - who was not Borain). Trpr. Charles Borain was found and buried on 21st May.
The local monument in PMB gives Trpr. C. Borain.
We have a man (G Borain) claiming for the death of his son. If 'son' is referring to Charles at Isandhlwana, it is his is either Charles's uncle or the initial's wrong. It cannot be Charles's father Valentine; he died in 1878. Perhaps it really is G Borain claiming for the death of his son Corporal Henry Borain (perhaps from disease also in 1879 but not at Isandhlwana - an error or a misconception by his father).
Lastly, one of Charles's collateral descendants confirmed to me by e-mail that it was definitely Charles Borain who was killed at Isandhlwana at the age of 16 (he was born in September 1862) and not his brother Henry who died in 1937 (Spencer, Shelagh O., British Settlers in Natal 1824-1857 – A Biographical Register, [Pietermaritzburg, 1986], vol. 3).
The only remaining mystery is if Charles's cousin Henry, ostensibly of Port Eliz Vol Horse, did die in 1879, what did he die of, and where?
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Hi Julian

Are you referring to Roy Dutton "Forgotten Heroes Zulu & Basuto wars", as he also lists two, and both having died at Isandlwana.

He lists 290 Trooper Borain, 70 Boshof. I don't know what that means, address maybe?
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I am referring to Roy Dutton's book. I can only find one entry in it for Borain under Dutton's Isandhlwana Casualties (p. 421 and even then it is misspelt Bornin). The burial party went looking for 22 Carbineers and they found them: two officers, one NCO and 19 ORs. The last with their regtl. nos. were:
Trprs. 16 Jas. Adrian Blaikie, 17 Charles Borain,2 22 C. G. S. Christian, 29 Harry Wm. Davis, 30 Jas. Deane, 69 Herbert Jno. Wm. Dickinson, 40 C. Haldane, 70 Villiers Caesar Hawkins, 39 C. Hayhow, 72 Fred. Jackson,3 71 Robt. Wm. Jackson, 46 Jos. Peter Lumley, 47 Geo. Thompson MacLeroy, 48 Wm.
Mendenhall, 73 Malcolm Jas. Dunbar Moodie, 55 Jno. Ross, 62 W. Swift, 74 Edwin Tarboton, and 66 Jas. Whitelaw.
You will notice Charles Borain's regtl. no. was 17.
The regtl. no. 290 you supply for Borain (per Dutton) is too high.
70 Boshof is not an address. Look in Dutton's index of names and page references. You'll find the following:
Borain, Trooper, 70
Boshof, Trooper K. 167
Somehow, by an ingenious piece of editing, the text has copied and reproduced this as
"290 Trooper Borain, 70 Boshof"
No doubt this is where the 290 error crept in.

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PostSubject: Re: Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty   Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty EmptyTue May 09, 2023 7:34 pm

Hi Julian

I'm not implying he was in with the 22 Cabineers, which you keep referring to.
His medal record states that he was in the Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse at the time and died at Isandlwana, a different corps and a different man than Trooper C Borain of the Cabineers.
He did exist, and was present in the Zulu war 1877-8-9, his military medal card states he died at Isandlwana, I have seen it posted in a post to me on another site, I will attempt to get a copy.
Could it be that he may have been attached to another unit, who knows, but if it is true, then it would explain George Borain collecting his son Henry's belongings, and maybe not Charles 's.

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Hi Julian

I have not got the book, but I am reading pages from "Forgotten Heroes Zulu & Basuto wars" on the internet.
The page that lists his name is 149, second column, if it is the same as the book, which it should be.

In the same book it lists a Colonial medal summary where 7 members of the Port of Elizabeth Volunteer Horse 1877-8-9 are listed.

There is also a J Borain listed on page 70 in the Duke of Edinburgh Volunteer Rifles.
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But the PEVH were not present at Isandhlwana.
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PostSubject: Re: Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty   Trooper Borain Natal Carbineers - Isandlwana Casualty EmptyWed May 10, 2023 11:57 am

Hi again

There seems to be a lot of information that points at him being there.

His death notice in the newspaper, I have not seen one for Charles. But we cannot disregard Charles as he is confirmed as being a Trooper in the Cabineers, one of the 22 that died at Isandlwana.

His father collecting his belongings also stated in the newspaper. Maybe he was not collecting Charles's belongings after all.
He being listed as a casualty in a number of publications.
He being listed as a casualty in AngloBoerWar.com, as I mentioned above.
His Military medal record states 1877-8-9 as being in the Zulu war.
Chalmsfordthescapegoat, Littlehand and maybe others listing him as a casualty at Isandlwana.

Angelfire.lycos.com/ Angelfire.com also list a Corporal Borain as died at Isandlwana. Who this website belongs to I do not know, perhaps a SA site.


I know that members of the family are under the impression that there were two Borain's at the battle.
With that said we cannot disregard Henry as having not been present because the Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse were deemed not to be.
The question is, if it is true, who was he attached to, or what roll did he play, if any.
There were a very small amount of the Port Elizabeth Volunteer Horse in receipt of the 1877-8-9 medal, were they overlooked by the original compiler?

PEVH members in n receipt of 1877-8-9 medal:
Capt Nettleton WJ
Sgt Rutherford J
Cpl Ellis FW
Pete Brockett EJ
Pete Gaskell T
Pete Goldsmith G (total 7 as per Dutton's medal list, Cpl Borain being the 7th)

Another couple of points:
The Prince Alfred Vol Horse are also not listed as taking part however, a Pte GC Christian a member died at Isandlwana.
Also:
Fort White mounted Vol are also not listed as taking part however, a Sgt J Murray a member is listed as died at Isandlwana.


I am in communication with other members of the family and hopefully we can gain more information from them in the near future.

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Christian switched to the Carbineers.
Murray switched to the NNC.
There is no record of a Borain being an NNC NCO.
There's not a lot of room for manoeuvre left. I can't see his being a waggon driver/conductor.
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Personally I think you should pursue the family angle. I'm sure you'll find he died of disease or elsewhere.
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Hi

One of the Colonial units listed on the site is Natal Volunteer Guides, (composite unit). Do we know who were the members of this unit?

Yes I will continue to unearth whatever I can from the family members.
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Prior to the second invasion of Zululand, a call was made for volunteers to serve in an ad hoc unit, made up from the Volunteer units that had served with Pearson’s column and the newly-arrived Isipingo Mounted Rifles.
Twenty men from the Victoria Mounted Rifles volunteered to serve in what would be called the Natal Volunteer Guides. It comprised approx. 55 men, was commanded by Captain Friend Addison, and took part in at the battle of Gingindhlovu and other operations, all post-April, before finally returning home in August 1879.  


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A warning. When exploring what the web had to offer re Henry Borain, I found there were three pages. In exploring the third page I went on to a website which looked promising but immediately resulted in my being bombarded with pop-up windows telling me my pc was infected and trying to divert me to websites which would cleanse it. My pc was NOT of course infected other than by these blasted pop-up windows.
The malware (zationchrosity) simply re-directs the user to other websites and was fairly easy to get rid of once I found out how. Anyway, just avoid the less likely Borain sites or else you'll be wasting 30 minutes of your life removing malware.
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