Film Zulu Quote:Lieutenant John Chard: The army doesn't like more than one disaster in a day. Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Looks bad in the newspapers and upsets civilians at their breakfast..
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Posts : 10473 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Any info relating to this would be most welcome Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:17 am
Hi Littlehand . I've never seen this before , hopefully Graves1879 may be able to enlighten us !. If anyone can he will . cheers 90th.
Mr David Payne
Posts : 75 Join date : 2010-09-06 Location : Tenterden
Subject: Re: Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome. Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:16 pm
Hi
Could this be Mount Alice looking across to Conical Hill and Spioenkop
- Boer War?
David
Frank Allewell
Posts : 8220 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 75 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome. Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:05 pm
I think I could with reasonable confidence bet money on it being Spearmans Hill looking over to Spionkop.
Regards
ciroferrara
Posts : 248 Join date : 2010-10-07 Age : 30 Location : exeter
Subject: Re: Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome. Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:59 pm
i beleive thats where redvers bullers HQ was during the battle of spion kop
1879graves
Posts : 3203 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome. Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:44 pm
Hi All
It is Memorials and graves at General Sir Redvers Buller's observation post on Mount Alice.
The Flat grave is of Robert C. Buchanan Riddell, Lt. Col.: 3rd. King's Royal Rifles, Jan. 24. 1900.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome. Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:48 pm
Thanks for replies
Just for information.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] "Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Riddell. King's Royal Rifle Corps was killed at Spion Kop 24th January 1900. & another brother Rev Charles died in Zanzibar 11 June 1886 MOD refer Marble Cross marks grave at Pietermaritzburg Name on list in All Saint's Church, "
RALPH HINZE
Posts : 12 Join date : 2011-10-13 Age : 53 Location : Piet Retief, South Africa
Subject: Re: Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome. Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:37 pm
Hallo
The mountain is definitely Spioenkop. I lived near Ladysmith before and have seen it numerous times from all sides. I even flew over the moutain in a small aircraft once. It was rather interesting to see the extent of the trenches from up there. One can't get such a good overview when earthbound.
The direction of the view on the photograph would be more or less from Mount Alice, although I haven't been on this exact spot yet.
Any Information Relating To This Would Be Welcome.