Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran

Subject: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:51 pm

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Posts : 3379 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi Littlehand

I am unable to find him listed on the medal roll
Idea

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:37 pm

Thanks Graves. I will put him down as a non-part-taker.

Posts : 1074 Join date : 2009-10-16

Hi All
Previously posted this man his write up on the findagrave website does mention South Africa.
Rai KLH

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:33 am

Hi All

SEE: books.google.co.uk

Anglo-Zulu war, 1879: A selected Bioliography.

Authorities, biographies, Journals and letters.
Page 339, listed No: 2803.

D'Evelyn.F.W "Assegai and Shield" California Illustrated Magazine 3 (April 1893) Dr D'Evelyn reportedly served as a army surgeon during the Anglo Zulu War, 1879.

He may have served.

Eddie

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:46 pm

Eddie,

See https://www.1879zuluwar.com/t7700-dr-frederick-w-d-evelyn?highlight=Francisco#59875

JY

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:03 pm

Cheers John

When I Googled his name I did notice a sentence in Wikipedia where it states that when he served in South Africa he was injured in 1887, probably in the later uprising.
I wonder if there is any record of this on medical records.

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:24 am

Eddie,

Had it said 1888, then it could have been linked to the last Zulu Royalist throw of the dice against the British. I have the “Blue Book” for that brief campaign, which does list the casualties, I will consult that and advise you as to the result.

That said I personally believe the Good Doctor to be a fantasist. His article - a copy of which I have - appears to have culled from various contemporary sources.

JY

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:54 pm

Eddie,

I have consulted The Blue Book C. 5522 Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of Zululand and Adjacent Territories printed by H.M.S.O. August 1888. The publication covers much of the operations against the uSuthu faction supporting the Zulu Royal House.

Dr. D’Evelyn’s name does not appear in any of the casualty returns as being wounded.

I have also searched the relevant databases of the National Archives of South Africa using a time-frame between 1875 and 1890, all with negative result for the name D’Evelyn.

JY

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:40 am

Thank you so much John, like you said probably a fantasist.

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Wed Dec 21, 2022 3:28 pm

Eddie,

I finally found him in the new version of the National Archives of South Africa. Rather than search on D’Evelyn, I chose to search simply on Evelyn.

The first entry relates to becoming a dispensing chemist in 1880.

Subsequent entries relate to service in the Pretoria Carbineers during the Siege of Pretoria during the 1st Boer War, during the course of which he was wounded and hospitalised. There are other entries relating to the purchase of field-glasses for the Pretoria Carbineers.

The London Gazette has a casualty-return amongst the volunteers in the 1st Boer War compiled by Colonel William Bellairs. There is a Trooper C. D’Eveleyn [sic.] shown as being dangerously wounded on 12th February 1881 whilst serving with the Pretoria Carbineers.

I’d like to express my thanks to Lee Stevenson for his assist in putting me on the right path as to D’Evelyn’s movements.

JY

Subject: Re: Another claim To Be Zulu War Veteran Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:03 pm

Hi John, great find.

There have been other Doctors and Nurse profiles on the site recently with no link, perhaps they could also be found through those channels also.

Eddie

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