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horsefixer
Posts : 37
Join date : 2010-07-25
| Subject: Life in camp  Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:45 pm | |
| Can anyone tell me what life was like in a soldier's camp? Did they eat at their tents or were tables set up? what was a typical day like when they weren't fighting? What time did they get up and go to bed? How did they wash, shave, keep their uniforms clean etc |
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John
Posts : 2558
Join date : 2009-04-06
Age : 58
Location : UK
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:50 pm | |
| Curling gives some information on this in the book below. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Most ate in their tents or in the open if the weather was nice. |
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kopie
Posts : 249
Join date : 2013-06-01
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:38 pm | |
| I have just finished reading Zulu Rising by Ian Knight - an epic read btw. He sets out the scenes really well and it is mainly all based on contemporary first hand accounts. |
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90th
Posts : 10178
Join date : 2009-04-07
Age : 64
Location : Melbourne, Australia
| | Subject: Life in camp Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:00 am | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Hi Horsefixer . This will no doubt answer most of your questions and its well priced as well . |
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kwajimu1879
Posts : 420
Join date : 2011-05-14
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Sat Jun 29, 2013 5:17 pm | |
| horsefixer, For an idea of how camp life looked: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Note the soldier underneath the wagon. 'Jimu |
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littlehand
Posts : 7086
Join date : 2009-04-24
Age : 52
Location : Down South.
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:45 pm | |
| Some idea of camp life. In a bell tent! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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littlehand
Posts : 7086
Join date : 2009-04-24
Age : 52
Location : Down South.
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:29 pm | |
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1879graves
Posts : 3081
Join date : 2009-03-03
Location : Devon
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:35 pm | |
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90th
Posts : 10178
Join date : 2009-04-07
Age : 64
Location : Melbourne, Australia
| | Subject: Life In Camp Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:28 pm | |
| Hi Horsefixer.
From memory after Isandlwana , I dont think the Troops with Chelmesford had the use of tents , they weren't taken on the second invasion , happy to be corrected .
90th. |
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littlehand
Posts : 7086
Join date : 2009-04-24
Age : 52
Location : Down South.
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:41 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Couple of chaps cooking, left hand side of image! |
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kwajimu1879
Posts : 420
Join date : 2011-05-14
| | Subject: Re: Life in camp Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:24 pm | |
| The wagon park at Fort Chelmsford, 1879: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]'Jimu |
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