Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Posts : 10326 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Lt M.G.WALES 1 NNC Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:19 pm
Hi Tasker . When I saw it on ebay I checked the Roll and he wasnt on it , which doesnt mean a great deal as they were far from complete all the NNC Rolls . cheers 90th. :joker:
tasker224
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 54 Location : North London
Hi Tasker . When I saw it on ebay I checked the Roll and he wasnt on it , which doesnt mean a great deal as they were far from complete all the NNC Rolls . cheers 90th. :joker:
Thanks 90th. The seller says this in his ad also.
90th
Posts : 10326 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Lt M.G.WALES 1 NNC Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:22 am
Hi Tasker . Tempted ????. . cheers 90th.
tasker224
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 54 Location : North London
Yes, I don't have custody of any medals to colonial units in my collection and I missed out on the one to the NMP some months ago, despite bidding what I thought was a reasonable 4 figure sum.
1879graves
Posts : 3190 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 54 Location : North London
Subject: Re: Lieutenant M.G. Wales, 1st Natal Native Contingent Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:30 am
Just over half a day to go. Almost £600 for a medal to an officer of the NNC. Not too bad, one may think. Snag is, there is no documentary evidence whatsoever, that links this name and rank with this medal. A permanent question mark will exist. I'm out.
Jager1
Posts : 72 Join date : 2011-02-26 Location : Scotland
Subject: Re: Lieutenant M.G. Wales, 1st Natal Native Contingent Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:48 pm
Quote :
there is no documentary evidence whatsoever, that links this name and rank with this medal
He was an NNC Officer, served with 1/1 NNC from late 1878, medal not on the roll but this is not that uncommon with medals to Colonials/Irregulars.
Jager1
tasker224
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 54 Location : North London
Subject: Re: Lieutenant M.G. Wales, 1st Natal Native Contingent Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:02 pm
Source?
The docs shown in the advert do show a Wales, but on one the initial is M J and on the other G M. On the medal we have M G.
Jager1
Posts : 72 Join date : 2011-02-26 Location : Scotland
Subject: Re: Lieutenant M.G. Wales, 1st Natal Native Contingent Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:17 pm
Local General Orders - these were published in various Natal newspapers at the time giving details of recruitment, promotions etc.
tasker224
Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 54 Location : North London
Subject: Re: Lieutenant M.G. Wales, 1st Natal Native Contingent Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:42 pm
OK, many thanks Jager. I don't have access to these. Were you able to confirm the name precisely as "M G Wales"... and did you win it? Tasker
Jager1
Posts : 72 Join date : 2011-02-26 Location : Scotland
Yes its M G Wales , order 208 28th Nov 1878 (Times of Natal 2nd Dec).
The page from 'War Comes to Umvoti' sais M J Wales but the J will just be an error,probably copied from another Order of the time - errors with initials and surname spellings are pretty common in these
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