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Subject: Re: Naval Brigade Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:38 pm
90th,
Nice picture. The various naval brigade members are:
1. Sailor (in white) HMS Boadicea 2. Marine of the Royal Marine Light Infantry 3. Naval Officer 4. Sailor (in blue) HMS Shah
Petty Officer Tom
24th
Posts : 1851 Join date : 2009-03-25
Subject: Re: Naval Brigade Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:13 am
Didn't know the Navy wore Pith Helmets.
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Subject: Re: Naval Brigade Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:48 am
24th
The Royal Marines (RMLI & RMA) wore helmets, as did the Naval Officers. I have not seen a photograph (or a sketch) of a navy petty officer or seaman wearing a helmet.
There is a reference to helmets by Commander Campbell of HMS Active's Naval Brigade, when he is listing the wounded from the Battle of Inyezane: "G. Berryman was knocked down by a bullet through his helmet just before being struck in the thigh."
Petty Officer Tom
littlehand
Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 51 Location : Down South.
Berryman is listed erroneously as wounded at Ulundi on some list out there, but he wasn't at Ulundi. The Naval Brigade wasn't at Ulundi; only Lt. A.B. Milne, naval A.D.C.
See the Table of Killed and Wounded of the Naval Brigade signed by Surgeon Henry Norbury of the Active's Naval Brigade, and P.M.O. of the Naval Brigade from The Gazette (7 November 1879). It names all navy personnel killed in action, or wounded, and the battle.
The list is about half way down the page on the left side.
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