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Subject: 1240 Pte William Wilson Allen, Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:16 pm
1240 Pte William Wilson Allen, Died 12th March 1890, Buried Mommouth Old Cemetery. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
SURGICAL EXPERIENCES IN THE ZULU WAR .
No 1240 CORP WILLIAM ALLEN. 2/24TH REGT. was hit in the right shoulder at rorkes drift, the bullet entered near the insertion of the deltoid muscle to the humerus, and made its exit at the upper and inner angle of the scapula, the bullet appears to have passed under the scapula, no bone or joint being touched. this wound sloughed and then very rapidly healed up.
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Subject: Re: 1240 Pte William Wilson Allen, Wed May 12, 2010 12:10 am
David Harrison at the grave of William Wilson Allan who was one of the Rorke’s Drift VCs.