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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This is on a well known auction website at the moment.
Can anyone identify him or his regiment
Dave
Posts : 1604 Join date : 2009-09-21
Subject: Re: Unknown Soldier Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:22 pm
The one on the right, I think is a signaller going my the emblems on his arm.
90th
Posts : 10624 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Unknown Soldier Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:32 pm
Hi All . I think the uniforms may be post 1881 . The chap on the right with the arm badge , possibly may be a Colour Sgt's Badge or recruiting Sgt's Badge . cheers 90th.
1879graves
Posts : 3317 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Unknown Soldier Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:13 pm
Hi All
This is what the listing says:
TWO ORIGINAL CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS (APPROX 17CMS X 11CMS) OF A SOLDIER WEARING HIS ZULU WAR MEDAL. THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN IN MADRAS WHEN HE WAS A CORPORAL AND THE SECOND PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN IN DERBY, ENGLAND WHEN HE WAS A COLOUR SERGEANT.
Richie
Posts : 243 Join date : 2011-10-08 Location : North East - England
Subject: Re: Unknown Soldier Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:42 pm
Hi 1879graves, The uniform on the right as 90th said depicts a colour sergeant.
I have just asked the seller if he could determine what was on the epaulettes or collar, his response is below. cheers Richie
The uniform is post 1881 and SWB appears on the epaulette of the Corporal. The South Wales Borderers at the time of the Zulu War had green facings but sometime in the 1880's they changed them to white so I would presume that this soldier served with this regiment. Hope this helps.
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