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+4John Drummer Boy 14 90th quint 8 posters | Author | Message |
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quint
Posts : 33 Join date : 2010-11-15
| Subject: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:51 pm | |
| Why so many artillerymen at Isandlwana?
Isn't it correct that there were just 2 small "cannon".. but I think there were something like 80 gunners and drivers etc Sorry if I am being dumb on this - but why were so many men per gun needed? Were they there for other guns out with Chelmsford? Thanks for assistance. Q
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| | | 90th
Posts : 10882 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 67 Location : Melbourne, Australia
| Subject: Number Of Artilleryman at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:59 pm | |
| Hi Quint . I think from memory 4 of the guns went with the Good Lord Chelmesford's Force . Happy to be corrected . I dont have access to books till tomorrow , where did you see there were 80 R.A. men at Isandhlwautf? . Do you mean there were 80 killed there , or was that the number given with the column ? . Hope this made sense . cheers 90th. |
| | | quint
Posts : 33 Join date : 2010-11-15
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:06 pm | |
| It seems that close to 60 - rather than 80 - were killed at Isandlwana and we know a few escaped. But if some were there to serve the guns with Chelmsford, why were they not with those guns (ie the 60 + survivors in camp)? How many gunners are needed to load a small cannon? I wouldn't have thought that more than 4 could sensibly do the task for each cannon. Any suggestions on the composition of a team per gun in terms of gunners and drivers? Thanks for any ideas Q |
| | | Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 2008 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 27
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:18 pm | |
| I think around 20 were needed for the 2 guns.
The others were probebly sick, looking after kit or officers servants.
Cheers |
| | | quint
Posts : 33 Join date : 2010-11-15
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:49 pm | |
| - Drummer Boy 14 wrote:
- I think around 20 were needed for the 2 guns.
The others were probebly sick, looking after kit or officers servants.
Cheers Thanks DB. Maybe. Still seems a bit odd - 40-odd extras ... looking after what kit.. the guns? Like a maintenance team ... perhaps Would artillerymen serve as officers servants? Would they serve as servants outside the RA? I think there were only 2 RA officers at Iz, weren't there? Q |
| | | John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:33 pm | |
| 2 guns and 70 men of N Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery (equipped with 2 seven pounder guns).
Captain and Brevet-Major Stuart Smith
Brevet-Major F. B. Russell, R.A., Rocket Battery
Sergeant Edwards, William 3483 Corporal Bailey, H.R. 1119 Corporal Cooper, William 2721 Corporal Langridge, John 1872 Bombardier Parker, John 746 A/Bombardier Nash, Thomas 1763 A/Bombardier Leguay, John 3181 A/Bombardier McDonnell, James 2196 A/Bombardier Aylett, James 1882 A/Bombardier Boswell, Thomas 147 Farrier Sergeant Whinham, Robert 841 Collar Maker Shepperd, Thomas753 Shoeing Smith Elliott, Thomas1462 Gunners: Beech, Frank. 1883 Berry, Thomas 655 1885 Burke, James Byrne, James 2189 Cockrane, Samuel 646 Collins, Robert 1311 1082 Connelly, John 1637 Davies, Isaac Dickins, William 3484 Harrison, Thomas 668 Hicks, James 1412 James, Edward G.1773 King, Charles 1834 Lamb, James 1113 McGregor, Murdoch 2945 Mead, James 1655 Marshall, William 1683 Miller, Thomas 2630 O'Neal, Daniel 2633 Page, Henry 2322 Redman, Alexander 1438 Reede, John 692 Regan, John 2460 Roscoe, William 2183 Smythe, Joseph 1405 Stevenson, Joseph 1833 ("Joseph" in the despatch "R." on the roll) Williams, Robert 2652 Wilson, Thomas 2819 Wilson, William 1626 Woolacott, Alfred 704 Drivers: Adams, William 1471 Allen, Henry 751 Barron, William 707 Bishop, Charles 1524 Brooks, James 2174 Bruce, Thomas 1961 Clarke, Thomas 1598 Cowley, Henry 2301 Dailey, John 1185 Hiatt, William 727 Hutchings, James 723 Jones, J. William 2178 Joyce, Leonard 1997 Marchant, John741 McKeown, George 2119 Murphy, Francis 2015 648 Spread, Charles Also on the despatch cannot locate elsewhere??: Bailey, George 1073 , Driver.
Curling Escaped. |
| | | quint
Posts : 33 Join date : 2010-11-15
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:44 pm | |
| Thanks John What is the difference between a Bombardier and a Gunner? Q |
| | | 1879graves
Posts : 3362 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:46 pm | |
| Hi quint
Have a look at this good article on ARTILLERY IN THE ZULU WAR - 1879 by Major D.D. Hall
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol044dh.html |
| | | free1954
Posts : 182 Join date : 2012-02-16 Location : northeast usa
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:43 am | |
| - 1879graves wrote:
- Hi quint
Have a look at this good article on ARTILLERY IN THE ZULU WAR - 1879 by Major D.D. Hall
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol044dh.html great link. thanks for posting it, |
| | | thinredlineMOD
Posts : 57 Join date : 2012-04-12
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:57 pm | |
| - quint wrote:
- Why so many artillerymen at Isandlwana
This might answer your question. - Quote :
- The battery was divided into three divisions, each of two guns, under the command of a lieutenant. [...] Of the battery’s three divisions, only Lieutenant Henry Curling’s division was present at Isandlwana. [...] The battery’s rear details, a combination of drivers, orderlies, farriers, saddlers, armourers and so on, had also been left behind at the camp, so that in total the Royal Artillery fielded two officers and 71 other ranks.
Source: Notes on the Composition of the British Force at Isandlwana by Lt. Col. Mike Snook |
| | | littlehand
Posts : 7076 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 55 Location : Down South.
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:44 am | |
| thinredlineMOD. Thanks for that. |
| | | thinredlineMOD
Posts : 57 Join date : 2012-04-12
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:30 pm | |
| You're welcome. Mike Snook's article is a very good read on the matter and also freely available online. I'm too new here to post the link but googling the title will lead you straight to the pdf-file. It's hosted by empressminiatures. |
| | | Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 2008 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 27
| Subject: Re: Number of artillerymen at Isandlwana Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:06 pm | |
| Here's the link
http://www.empressminiatures.com/BritishForces.pdf |
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