Two Generations of Soldiers

Posts : 1093 Join date : 2009-01-14 Location : East London

Another on of those, lovely old story about being at Rorkes Drift. (Well so he told his familey)

http://www.alabaster.org.uk/chron16.htm

Subject: alabaster . 2/24th Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:46 pm

hi oh2.

found this in THE NOBLE 24TH by NORMAN HOLME.

ALABASTER. E. 1321 PRIVATE.
SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL with clasp.... 1877-78-79.
if he had been anywhere of note , im sure it would be mentioned.

cheers 90th.

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

Very interesting map on the link to web-site Fig. 2 (right). Route taken by 24th Regiment in December 1878 Show the railway.

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