Naval Brigade

Subject: Naval Brigade Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:37 pm

Hi All .
For those who may be interested .....

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cheers 90th.

Guest

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

Posts : 1857 Join date : 2009-03-25

Didn't know the Navy wore Pith Helmets.

Guest

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

Subject: Re: Naval Brigade Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:15 pm

Wasn't Berryman Wounded at Ulundi.

Guest

littlehand,

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.

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24780/pages/6312

Petty Officer Tom

Posts : 3169 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi Petty Officer Tom

Just helping out with the below for all to see

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