Film Zulu: Colour Sergeant Bourne: It's a miracle. Lieutenant John Chard: If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle. Colour Sergeant Bourne: And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind it.
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Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 60 Location : UK
Subject: Help with Identification Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:59 am
Hopefully someone may know who this is. I have nothing else to suggest who it is, or where it came from it's just a page from a book. No text what so ever on it.
Posts : 4315 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 63 Location : KENT
Subject: Re: Help with Identification Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:48 pm
Arthur Fitzroy Hart, (later Fitzroy-Hart-Synott) he served in the Anglo-Zulu War as a 'Special-Service Officer'. Present at Nyezane 22/1/1879 where he was a Staff-Officer of 2nd Regiment, N.N.C. (Mentioned in Dispatches). Then served as a Staff-Officer in the Eshowe Relief Force, under Lord Chelmsford, present at the Battle of Gingindlovu 2/4/1879. Afterwards served as Brigade-Major of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division "Crealock's Crawlers". After the disbandment of 1st Division served as Principle Staff-Officer in Clarke's Column.
He would return to South Africa for the 2nd Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, where he commanded "The Irish Brigade."
Source: Well Known Zulu Historian.
John
Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 60 Location : UK
Subject: Re: Help with Identification Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:21 pm
Thanks Pete. I don't supposed you know the title of the book it was from.
90th
Posts : 10680 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: fitzroy-hart Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:17 am
hi john.
cant say for sure which book the photo is from , but, there was a book printed,
LETTER"S OF MAJOR- GENERAL FITZROY-HART by SYNOT, LONDON 1912. PUBLISHER . E. ARNOLD LONDON 1912. I was looking to purchase a copy, but either i couldnt find one, or it was very expensive cant remember which !!. hope this helps.
cheers 90th.
Chelmsfordthescapegoat
Posts : 2594 Join date : 2009-04-24
Subject: Re: Help with Identification Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:42 am
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