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Lord Chelmsford Said .Buller is ‘one of the finest soldiers of the century’, so modest and reticent –that it was difficult to say for what individual deed he had got the Victoria Cross as he had been doing acts worthy of it all along the line
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Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 51 Location : Down South.
Subject: KIA Telegrams. Zulu War 1879 Sun May 20, 2012 10:07 pm
I take It KIA telegrams were sent, to the families of those killed During the Zulu War. Or did this practise only come-out during WW1.
If they were sent during the Anglo Zulu War. Does anyone have an image or a link to one.
90th
Posts : 10077 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: KIA Telegrams; Zulu War 1879 Sun May 20, 2012 11:33 pm
Hi Littlehand. We may have discussed this previously and I'm fairly certain there were NO Telegrams issued to the families of those KIA in the Zulu War . I think it may have been the Newspapers that issued casualty lists ? . Happy to be corrected . Cheers 90th.
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 1997 Join date : 2011-08-01 Age : 23
Subject: Re: KIA Telegrams. Zulu War 1879 Mon May 21, 2012 7:18 am
Hi LH
90th is correct, the lists were published in the newspapers.
Cheers
impi
Posts : 2308 Join date : 2010-07-02 Age : 40
Subject: Re: KIA Telegrams. Zulu War 1879 Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:26 am
Home page video. " Secrets of the Dead" A trunk is opened,containing letters, medals, newpaper articals. One of the letters is read out by the narrative, it's a letter from the deceased person's officer,who had written that the person had been KIA 22nd Jan 1879. So I guess there was a sort of telegram service back in those days. Watch the video let me know your thoughts.
I think it's Ian Knight discussing " Coopers" belongings.
Ray63
Posts : 708 Join date : 2012-05-05
Subject: Re: KIA Telegrams. Zulu War 1879 Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:41 pm
I think your right Impi. He also states that many of the same letters were sent! However there were a lot of blanks in the letter, but at least an effort to let relatives know was made!
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