HARRY WILLIAM DAVIS,

Posts : 1858 Join date : 2009-03-25

He was the son of Mr. Peter Davis, one of the oldest colonists of Natal, was born at Pietermaritzburg on the 26th November, 1859. He was at the High School for five years, from 1873 to Christmas, 1877. When he left he had attained the position of third in the First Class. He entered a merchant's office in this City, and became a trooper in the Natal Carbineers, falling at Isandhlwana on 22nd January, 1879. With Blaikie, his body was found close to that of the noble Durnford.

Posts : 232 Join date : 2011-10-18

Found a photo of Harry Davis at the following link, never seen one of him before:

https://disa.ukzn.ac.za/alan-paton-centre-and-struggle-archives/harry-davis-educated-maritzburg-college-killed-isandlawana

Regards,

Tim

Posts : 3182 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi Tim

WOW what a fantastic find.

Well done

Salute

Andy

Subject: Re: HARRY WILLIAM DAVIS, Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:49 am

Thanks so much

If any one can help ME in obtaining photos of any of the fallen or served in any of the battles of the Zulu War of which I am hoping to obtain permission to use on my upcoming website which will be showcasing panoramic photographs of all the battles of the Zulu War Stage one will be covering Isandlwana.
PLEASE PRIVATE MESSAGE ME IF YOU CAN HELP.

THANKS