Zulu: Lieutenant John Chard:What's our strength? Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead:Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you
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Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 51 Location : Down South.
Subject: 1206 Pte. C. J. Cooper, O.B. A.S.C. Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:32 pm
"Private C. J. Cooper served in the Zulu War in the Ordnance Branch of the Army Service Corps. He was still serving in South Africa in 1881 when the medal roll was signed"
nitro450
Posts : 149 Join date : 2015-01-21 Age : 75 Location : Sydney, Australia
Subject: Re: 1206 Pte. C. J. Cooper, O.B. A.S.C. Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:46 am
There is a medal on Ebay currently to a 1st Corporal J.G Weeves of the same Branch.
See : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zulu-War-Medal-/122418732864?
Nitro450
lionshead
Posts : 46 Join date : 2013-01-06
Subject: Re: 1206 Pte. C. J. Cooper, O.B. A.S.C. Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:37 am
According to the medal roll in Roy Dutton's book the name is DEEVES and not WEEVES.
nitro450
Posts : 149 Join date : 2015-01-21 Age : 75 Location : Sydney, Australia
Subject: Re: 1206 Pte. C. J. Cooper, O.B. A.S.C. Sat Apr 01, 2017 5:01 am
Yes, you're right, I didn't check the book not being interested in the medal myself. I have now and also, a close look at the picture in the picture in the listing it says Deeves.
TOWERBOY
Posts : 190 Join date : 2011-03-16 Age : 53
Subject: Re: 1206 Pte. C. J. Cooper, O.B. A.S.C. Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:15 pm
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