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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Subject: Henry Goodall Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:04 pm
The Story of the World Number 6/6 Week Ending MARCH , 1932
Henry Goodall, believed to be the last survivor of the 80 men at Rorke's Drift in thc Zulu War of 1879, has died at Birmingham.
90th
Posts : 10326 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Henry Goodall Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:37 pm
Littlehand . I've never heard of a Henry Goodall being at RD , and I'm certain that at least a few of those that DID take part died after 1932 ! . From memory didnt Colour Sgt Bourne do his Radio interview after that date ???. Unfortunatley a few of these publications or publicised accounts etc etc , clearly didnt have the tools , time or inclination , to check such claims . Many spurious accounts have been posted since the inception of this Forum , and no doubt , on the RDVC Forum as well , now that these accounts are being posted we can finally weed them out and clearly disregard those that arent '' quite right '' ! . . I also checked Julian's Englands' Sons quickly , and not surprisingly no ' Goodall ' . Happy to be corrected ! . 90th
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Posts : 3190 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Henry Goodall Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:06 pm
Hi All
After a little research into this claim, I have come up with the following.
Now from his Service record, we can see that he arrived in South Africa far to late to have taken part in the Defence of Rorke's Drift, but could have been or past Rorke's Drift before going into Zululand.
Henry is reported to have died in Birmingham. On his Service Record he enlisted at Walsall which is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire.
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