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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:27 pm | |
| Came across this on the Victorian War Forum. Anyone know who Charlie is.
http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=968
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| Impi. Victorian War Forum, great web-site But this is fictional nonsense. There was no Charlie. These letters are based on fantasy. |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:29 am | |
| There is a picture of him on the same thread , taken at Ulundi it says. |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:23 am | |
| I wouldnt dismiss it out of hand. Kieths research looks pretty good to me. I will look up the Kcall references later.
Regards |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:47 am | |
| CTSG
I had a look at KCAL, the letters are genuine as Kieth says.
Regards |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: letters from charlie Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:55 am | |
| hi all. Just lost my post , so here it is again . K. Smith is not one to dabble in nonsense or fiction for that matter , He also certainly knows his stuff , so to my way of thinking those letters would be the real deal . cheers 90th. |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:06 pm | |
| - impi wrote:
- Anyone know who Charlie is.
Lieutenant CHARLES EMILIUS CURLL Cheers |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:30 pm | |
| Fiction account, by Keith Smith already on the forum. |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:38 pm | |
| - 24th wrote:
- Fiction account, by Keith Smith already on the forum.
I assume you've looked at the KCAL ? Cheers |
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![Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Letters from Charlie, Rorke's Drift 1879 Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:37 pm | |
| The name Charlie was given, because the origin of the letters is not known. |
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| - Elizabeth Hogan wrote:
- The name Charlie was given, because the origin of the letters is not known.
Pretty sure the name " Charlie " is on one of the letters isn't it ? Thats how they have a photo of him ? Cheers |
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