Naval Brigade Deaths from Accident or Disease in Zulu War

Naval Brigade Deaths from Accident or Disease in Zulu War

HMS Active
Lewis Coker, Midshipman, Dysentery, 16 Mar ‘79, Fort Eshowe
Jack Dough, Krooman, Unknown, 2 Mar ’79, Fort Eshowe (?)
Tom Liverpool, Krooman, Dysentery, 3 May ’79 Herwin Hospital
Daniel Martin, A.B., Drowning, 9 Jan ’79, Lower Tugela
John Moore, Artificer, Dysentery, 11 Feb ’79, Fort Eshowe
Alfred Pearce, Petty Officer 2nd, Dysentery, 22 Apr ’79, Lower Tugela
Edwin Radford, Leading Seaman, Dysentery/Fever, 8 Mar ’79, Fort Eshowe
William Seddon, Gunner (RMA), Pneumonia, 2 Jan ’79. Lower Tugela
Alfred Smith, A.B., Fever, 2 Apr ’79, Fort Eshowe
William Stagg, Private (RMLI), Pneumonia, 16 Mar ’79, Fort Eshowe
George Walsh, Ordinary, Fever, 20 Apr ’79 Lower Tugela

HMS Boadicea
John Bennett, Lieutenant, Illness contracted in Zulu War (Hepatitis), Aug ’80, Haslar Hospital
J. Harwood, Stoker 2nd, Fever, 18 May ’79, Herwin Hospital
W. F. Reid, Signalman 3rd, Fever, May ’79, Zululand

HMS Shah
Thomas Barge, A.B., Enteric Fever, 9 Jun ’79 Durban Hospital
Owen Cooper, A.B., Enteritis, 15 May ’79, Hospital Fort Pearson
Phillip Crompton, Gunner (RMA), Unknown, 1 May ’79, Durban
Jonathan Fillmore, Chief ERA, Unknown, 13 Apr ’79, Naval Hospital Simon’s Bay
Joseph Langford, Petty Officer 1st, Dysentery, 21 Jun ’79, Durban Hospital
Joseph Oates, Petty Officer 2nd, Invalided to Haslar Hospital (Unknown Illness), Jul ’79, Haslar Hospital
Patrick O’Brinns, Private (RMLI), Enteric Fever, 21 Jun ’79, Herwin Hospital (?)
Edward Shepherd, A.B., Dysentery, 17 Jun ’79, Hospital Fort Pearson
Joseph Symonds, Cooper, Enteric Fever, 3 Jun ’79, Hospital Fort Pearson
James Wheadon, A.B., Dysentery, 4 Jun ’79, Zululand (Amatakulu River)

HMS Tenedos
W. J. Lumar, Private (RMLI), Sunstroke, 31 Jan ’79, Lower Tugela

Petty Officer Tom

Hi Tom. I thought a Crocodile devoured one of the Sailors.

John,

Official cause of death listed in Staff Surgeon Norbury's log is "death by drowning." However, since his body was never found, and there were crocodiles present in the river at the time, there is the assumption that he was taken by a crocodile.

Petty Officer Tom

Hi john.
The man in question in case you dont know is Daniel Martin A.B from the Active.
cheers 90th.