Blue Plaques related to the Zulu War

Subject: Blue Plaques related to the Zulu War Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:40 pm

I have come across several individual references ro the erection of blue plaques to indicate where individuals lived with links to the Zulu war. is there a definitive list anywhere?

The plaques I have come across are:-

Cetshwayo - 18 Melbury Road W14
William Cooper - 6 Cranmer Road Worthing.
Frederick Hitch - 62 Cranbrook Road London

I am sure there must be others.

JohnB

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Hi
Im sure there is one where Frank Bourne used to live 16 Kings Hall Road in Beckenham, Kent. and i think William Jones had one in a church in Manchester (dont know which one?)

Joe

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John Chard. Rochester Kent.

Subject: Re: Blue Plaques related to the Zulu War Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:54 pm

one in southgate, n. london, too, but i can't recall man's name - will look it up nxt time i am there (one of the RD VC winners I believe).

Subject: Re: Blue Plaques related to the Zulu War Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:09 pm

Padre George Smith. Blue plaque marking his birthplace can be found in Wathen Road Dorking.

Subject: Re: Blue Plaques related to the Zulu War Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:47 pm

Thanks everyone for adding to the list. If there are any more please feel free to add to the above.

There is a link to Frederick Hitch's blue plaque at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

JohnB

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littlehand wrote:: Padre George Smith. Blue plaque marking his birthplace can be found in Wathen Road Dorking.

are you sure that is Dorking, and not Docking in Norfolk?

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Click on link and scroll to Famous residents and literary connections [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

However he was born in Docking in Norfolk.

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Chelmsfordthescapegoat wrote:: Click on link and scroll to Famous residents and literary connections [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

However he was born in Docking in Norfolk.

I thought as much, thanks.

I am a volunteer on the blue plaques web site openplaques.org, so this thread was interesting to me. Of those mentioned, we have:

Cetshwayo [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
William Cooper [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Frederick Hitch [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Frank Bourne [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

There is one for Ivor Rees [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] but we only really collect the ones that mark where something happened (like 'born here', 'lived here', etc.)

I'd be interested if anyone has photographic evidence of a plaque to John Chard in Rochester Kent.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] says there is one for Thomas Collins in Pelcomb but I can't pinpoint the exact location

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