Zulu Dawn:Col Crealock. “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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Sergeant Master-Tailor T. B. Tope, Connaught Rangers SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (292. Sergt. T. Tope. 88th Foot.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (2624 Sgt. T. B. Tope, 1st Connaught Rang:); KING'S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1902, South Africa 1902 (2624 Serjt: T. B. Tope. Con: Rang:); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2624. Sergt. T. B. Tope. Conn. Rang:); MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sjt: Mr: Tlr: T. B. Tope. 1/Conn: Rang:)
M.S.M. with Annuity of £10 awarded in AO 342 of 7 July 1915. He was recommended by O.C. 1st Battalion on 1 October 1898, when still serving with over 24 years’ service, all as Sergeant Master Tailor. He had spent 14 years 6 months overseas including both the Kaffir and Zulu campaigns of 1877-79. He died on 10 January 1941.
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