Wassall VC

Posts : 308 Join date : 2011-10-18 Location : Cornwall

This may be of interest;

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/02/13/call-to-recognise-zulu-dawn-hero-private-samuel-wassall-97319-30317476/

Regards,

Tim

Subject: Re: Wassall VC Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:59 pm

Thanks Tim. Salute

Guest

Hi all

Yes this guy to really deserved his VC.

Go back to bring a comrade this is going act like a fugitive ...

Dailleur, it is the only white survivor received in a VC ...

Cheers

Pascal

Subject: Re: Wassall VC Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:16 pm

Hi my name is Diane Sutton I live in Western Australia and Private Samuel Wassall is my great grandfather.
I had the opportunity to go to the regimental museum in 2000 when I visited the U.K, it was a wonderful experience to find out about my great grandfathers deed as I have grown up with the movies Zulu and Zulu Dawn.
I had seen a picture of him and to see the articles about him in the museum was fantastic.

I would like to make contact if at all possible with my cousins on the Wassall side of the family as I have never met any of them. My Grandmothers name was Florence Sutton (nee Wassall). If we can chat through this site it would be wonderful.

Sam was a great man and he definitely deserved his Victoria cross and I look up to him. Thank you very much for letting me join this site. Diane Sutton

Subject: Re: Wassall VC Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:44 pm

Hi Diane
Sam lived two houses away from my great grandfather in Barrow in Furness. Last year when I was in the UK I traced some local descendants and also photographed the grave and the house he lived in. There are a couple of websites with information on the family. If you like me to send the info I have then pm me an address and I can forward.

Frank

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