Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: William CUNNINGHAM Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:43 pm
"William CUNNINGHAM Age: 39, Nationality: English Enlisted: 12 Oct 1899 Mother: Mrs E Cunningham, Uitenhage, C Colony 12 Oct 1899 - Promoted Corporal 1 Nov 1899 - Promoted Sergeant 26 Jan 1900 - Drunk while on active service - Reduced to rank, fined 2 days pay 30.30 - Drunk while on active service - fined 50/- discharged with Ignominy Rank: Trooper Discharged for drunkenness 7 Apr 1900 after 168 days service Character: Bad Address: Norval's Pont Born in South Africa Rides, Shoots, talks Dutch and very little Kaffir Former corps: Frontier Light Horse under General Buller, 3rd Yeomany under Col Minto, Bettington's Horse, Pulliens Ranger Active Service: Zulu War 1879, Kaffir War 77-78, Secoenie War 79, Basuto War 81-82 Medals: South African War Medal Knowledge of Particular District: Aliwal North to Maseru, Bethulie Sprinfontein Road, OFS Bloemfontein, Maritzburg to Ladybrand Leidenberg SAR Reference: Mr Allman, Mr Spearpoint Remarks: Was Acting Sergt Bettingtons Horse & refused Corporal stripes in 3rd Yeomanry Regt."
90th
Posts : 10356 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Re: William CUNNINGHAM Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:03 pm
W. Cunningham is on the Roll for the 3rd Cape Mtd Yeomanry he was entitled to the Medal with 77 -78 -79 Clasp His medal was returned to Woolwich . There is also a W. Cunningham 157 FLH 1879 Medal & Clasp , this is probably the same man . He isnt mentioned on the Rolls for Bettington's Horse or Pulleine's Rangers . 90th.
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: William CUNNINGHAM Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:17 pm
Thanks 90th
Admin can you move this chap to "The ones the history books forgot"
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