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sjwalker51
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| Subject: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:24 am | |
| Not exactly forgotten, but I'm surprised how little is known about the life (military, journalistic careers and personal) of this minor, but fascinating AZW character.
The limited biography I've seen reads like Harry Flashman's - before 1879 he was at the siege of Paris (FPW), with the Carlists in Spain, Gordon in the Sudan and even Madagascar. After the AZW he spent the next 20 years in Africa before heading East, travelling extensively, working for both the Russians and Chinese in civil and military capacities, dying in Tientsin in 1920
It's prompted me to start digging deeper, just out of interest - can anyone give me some pointers where to start looking? |
| | | 90th
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| Subject: Charles LWC Norris - Newman '' Noggs '' Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:57 pm | |
| His book on the Zulu War is well worth reading ' In Zululand With The British Throughout The War Of 1879 '' by Charles L Norris - Newman . Cheers 90th. |
| | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:20 pm | |
| It's a great book - I've also got his lesser-known accounts of the Boer and Matabeleland campaigns that he participated in.
But there seems to be virtually no detailed biographical information or even a picture of him - beyond a short summary of his career in a book on "Who's Who in the Far East 1906-07" with no sources cited, which caught my interest.
He's even omitted from "Who's Who in the Zulu War", so maybe even Messrs Knight and Greaves struggled to find out anything about him - as the only journalist with the invasion force and author of the aforementioned book you would have thought he would have warranted an entry? |
| | | Kenny
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:46 pm | |
| He does seem to be an elusive character - Charles Louis William Marie Norris Newman
London Gazette shows bankruptcy notices in 1875-76
Nothing in The Times
One or two articles in 19th century newspapers mainly his reports from Africa. Often his rank is given as Captain - but who with? |
| | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:36 pm | |
| There's also a court case in 1874 when it looks as if he married a widow for her money and was sued by the rest of the family (hence the bankruptcy)? Plus 2 marriages, at least 1 divorce and the possibility of children born in China and Japan when he was in his 50's. There are also lots of discrepancies in the small amount of information available. His entry in "Who's Who in the Far East 1906-07" includes the following:
NORRIS-NEWMAN, Lt-Col. Charles L. W. M. Intelligence Officer, Imperial Russian Service
b. Aug. 22, 1852, at Elvington Hall, Yorkshire, s. of late C.Sherwood Newman and Countess de Rosa Y. Robyns
m. 1st, 1874, Anne Falkner, of Farnham (but this is not the name of his wife as cited in the court case) 2nd, 1900, Ethel Luke Finch. (divorced 1907) Educ. : Sherborne, Lubeck, Harrow. (but neither Sherborne or Harrow can find his name on their list of pupils)
Left for France and went through siege of Paris, 1870-71, being decorated by M a r e c h al Trochu Served with Don Carlos in Spain and afterwards with General Gordon in Egypt In South Africa 1877 ; Zululand Campaign, 1879-80 ;present at Isandlwhana, Gingihlou, relief of Etshowe Ulundi First Transvaal war 1880-81 ; Basutoland service, 1882 Madagascar with Gen. Willoughby ; Zanzibar and Central Africa, 1884-91 In Matabeleland, 1894 - 98 ; (Reuters agent 1894 Bulawayo, produced his own stamps from Matabeleland)Intelligence Officer, Rhodesia Horse ; Staff officer to Acting Administrator through native war, 1896 Has been special war correspondent for the " Times," " Pall Mall Gazette," "Standard" and "Daily Mail "
Left for the East in 1900 ; travelled in Ceylon, Straits, China, Japan and Philippines
Appointed English instructor, Russian Naval Staff,Port Arthur, 1902 ; witnessed first naval attacks of Japanese, Feb. 8, 1904 ; travelled through Manchuria with Russians as special correspondent
Appointed to bring out first Russian Journal in Far East "The China Review," which he still edits ; has been a constant contributor to English Magazines and Periodicals
Madagascar 1st class ; Dannebrog 3rd class ; French Medal for Valour Egyptian Medal ; Khedive's bronze star ; South African Medal with clasp ; Rhodesian Medal. By 1907 he was living in Tientsin, North China, where he died in May 1920 aged 68.
The comments in italics are my own - it is not clear when or how he became either a Captain (as he styled himself in 1880) or a Lieutenant Colonel.
Altogether a fascinating character!
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| | | Kenny
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:11 am | |
| Interesting that Noggs was in Tientsin at the same time as 2/24th (then 2 SWB) - 2 SWB arrived 3 November 1912 and arrived in Hong Kong on 28 November 1914 after participating in the fall of Tsingtao.
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| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:50 am | |
| http://www.antiquarianauctions.com/lots/in-zululand-with-the-british-throuhout-the-war-of-1879
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| | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:58 am | |
| His birthplace, Elvington Hall, is also for sale at the moment - for £1.6m ! |
| | | kwajimu1879
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:13 am | |
| SJWalker51,
Could be an interesting connection with that Elvington and Newman, as persons with those surnames were former holders of the office of Sheriff of Nottingham, which ties in with something you appear to have written on the VWF - which I found when searching - regarding the name Sherwood.
Kenny,
That's also been suggested on the VWF where another thread is running.
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| | | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:08 pm | |
| Hi 'Jimu
I've looked into that, but it turns out Nogg's father (originally from York) only lived at Elvington Hall for a few years before moving to Sherborne, Dorset.
The local history group at Elvington has been really helpful (see the thread on the VWF site) adding some details about his family, and his 3 marriages - the plot thickens on his private life - but still nothing more unearthed on his military/journalistic career.
He must have met Digby Willoughby (of Willoughby's Horse) during the AZW, and later served with him in Madagascar - can anyone point me towards further information on Willoughby - another dodgy minor Victorian character I am sure! |
| | | kwajimu1879
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:25 pm | |
| SJWalker,
Captain Digby Willoughby served in the Natal Native Contingent. His map of the battle of Isandlwana is the basis of the plan that appears in 'In Zululand...'
Willoughby was the typical "soldier of fortune" of the same ilk of Hamilton-Browne, all three of them were reunited in the British South Africa Company's forces in Matabeleland and Mashonaland campaigns.
'Jimu |
| | | kwajimu1879
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:38 pm | |
| SJWalker, This from a posting on the rdvc site by John Young from 2003: - John Young wrote:
- Having touched on this character in a question about C.L. Norris-Newman, I decided to search some of my old Rhodesian papers, for anything Norris-Newman, but to no avail. What did come up with regard Digby Willoughby is worthy of note.
This is from 'Black & White' for 5th December, 1896, from the pen of Norman Garstin: 'Perhaps the most extravagant football of fortune was one who was a frequent guest, Digby Willoughby, diamond buyer, digger, Colonel of Horse through the Zulu war, auctioneer, victorious Generalissimo of the Queen of Madagascar's Army through the first French war, Minister Plenipotentiary, shipwrecked, degraded, imprisoned, his head in perilous jeopardy; his life, with its kaliedoscope vicissitudes, would set up any ordinary writer of romance with copy enough for years. ...'
That being so with a track record that would rival "The Flashman Papers", does anyone know whether a biography of Digby Willoughby was ever produced?
Willoughby appears to have stretched the truth as regards to his rank in the Anglo-Zulu War, I can only find him as a Lieutenant, later Captain in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, Natal Native Contingent, after the 2nd Regiment of the reformed N.N.C.
There is a subsequent reference also on rdvc relating to an article on Willoughby: "General Digby Willoughby: African Adventurer and Commander-in-Chief of the Madagascan Army", by Graham H. Neale, The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, Volume 21 (No. 1), Spring 1982 issue, pages 44-53 (including 5 black and white illustrations). 'Jimu |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:50 pm | |
| Delighted to say I now have a copy of the article on Digby Willoughby thanks to the nice people at the OMRS - fascinating if distracting stuff, with not a single mention of Noggs! |
| | | impi
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:51 pm | |
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| | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:43 am | |
| Not a lot, though there's some updates on the AZW forum as well - he's proving pretty elusive, especially his military and journalistic career. It seems certain he made up the bit about going to Sherborne and Harrow (maybe 'a' school there but not 'the' school - shades of Jeffrey Archer at Oxford), he married a widow 20 years older than himself when 22 for her money, was successfully taken to court and bankrupted by her relations and shortly thereafter left for Africa, seemingly never to return.
Nothing yet on his time in the Sudan with Gordon, or Madagascar/Zanzibar with Willoughby, the only photo of him so far comes from the Willoughby article c 1898. Reuters tell me they have some correspondence relating to his time as their agent in Matabeleland so I'm hoping for more information from them.
Some correspondence relating to his time in the Far East, where he ended up scandalising polite society in Tientsin by setting up home with a notorious lady of the night. Making a few assumptions it looks like he was employed by the Russian intelligence services (who made him an honorary Lieut-Col) who paid off his debts and set him up as the editor of a newspaper to spread anti-Japanese sentiment amongst the Chinese.
Can anyone point me towards original source material on the BSAC forces in Matabeleland and Mashonaland? Or how to track down medal lists to see if he's entitled to the ones he claims - such as the Danish Dannebrog (3rd class)
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| | | impi
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:56 am | |
| Ok I will join in the hunt! Give me something to do over the weekend. |
| | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:06 pm | |
| The more the merrier. I was surprised that he doesn't merit an entry in the Who's Who by Greaves/Knight, which maybe suggests that any further information on him is quite deeply buried. |
| | | Kenny
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:47 pm | |
| It is not that he did not merit an entry in Greaves/Knight Who's Who - it is that information is hard to find as he is not listed in the standard easily accessible publications and reference works. I must look and see whether there are any post AZW references to him in Fred Carrington's notes. |
| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:16 pm | |
| Sj. It's seems your post has caught the eye of someone on the Victoria War forum. I think it will help with your crusade! There's even a nice photo
http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=8390
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| | | Ray63
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:57 pm | |
| From the e-book
"NORRIS-NEWMAN, Lt-Col. Charles L. W. M. (TiKXTSix), F.K.G.S. ; In-telligence Officer, Imperial Russian Service ; b. Aug. 22, 1852, at Elving- ton Hall, Yorkshire, s. of late C. Sherwood Newman and Countess de Rosa Y. Robyns ; m. 1st, 1874, Anne Falkner, of Farnham ; 2nd, 1900, Ethel Finch. Kduc. : Sherborne Liibeck ; Harrow. Educated for army ; left for France and went through siege of Paris, 1870-71, being decorated by M a r e c h a 1 Trochu ; served with Don Carlos in Spain and afterwards with General Gordon in Egypt ; in South Africa, 1877 ; Zululand Campaign, 1879-80 ; present at Isandlwhana, Ginginhlou, relief of Etshowe Ulundi ; first Transvaal war 1880-81 ; Basuto land service, 1882; Madagascar with Gen. Willoughby ; Zanzibar and Central Africa, 1884-91 ; in Matabeleland, 1894 - 98 ; Intelligence Officer, Rhodesia Horse ; Staff officer to Acting Administrator through native war, 1896 : has been special war correspondent for the " Times," " Pall Mall Gazette," "Standard" and "Daily Mail " ; left for the East in 1900 ; travelled in Ceylon, Straits, China, Japan and Philippines ; appointed English instructor, Russian Naval Staff, Port Arthur, 1902 ; witnessed first naval attacks of Japanese, Feb. 8, 1904 ; travelled through Manchuria with Russians as special correspondent ; appointed to bring out first Russian Journal in Far East The China Review," which stilt ; has been a constant con tributor to English Magazines and Periodicals; is P.P.G.S.W. of Freemasons, D.C. Detor&tfont ." Madagascar 1st class ; Dannebrog 3rd class ; French Medal for Valour Egyptian Medal ; Khedive's bronze star ; South African Medal with clasp ; Rhodesian Medal. Publication* : "In Zululand with the British " ; " With the Boers in the Transvaal " ; " The Basuto and their Country" ; " South African Stories"; " Matabeleland." Recreations: Riding, shooting, philately. Address: Tientsin, North China ; Royal Geographical Society, London ; 12, Perham Road, West Kensington, London." |
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:08 am | |
| Mr Walkers a member of that forum! |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:45 pm | |
| It's Simon, please :-)
And, yes, I've thrown the net wide on this one - prompted by a question that aroused my curiosity on a TMP board.
The biography above is the best/only one that seems to be available (from "Who's Who in the Far East 1906-07) but its sources and accuracy are unclear - seems "Noggs" was a bit of a cad who embellished his CV shamelessly!
I'm sure that there must be more to be found, but it'll be in primary documents and sources rather than the more readily available material. |
| | | Kenny
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:27 pm | |
| I assume that F.K.G.S. should be F.R.G.S. - their archives at Kensington Gore may hold something. |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:41 am | |
| I've contacted the RGS, as well as the Danish Embassy (regarding his claim to have been a member of the Danneborg order) and Reuters, to see if they have anything on him.
I wonder what Noggs was up to in South Africa between 1875 and 1879, when he suddenly pops back into view as 'special correspondent' as we know. |
| | | wentworth
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:36 pm | |
| Interesting to note, Charles Henry Newman-Norris served with the Rifle Brigade during the Great War. He died on the 30th of July 1916. He was the son of Henry Sherwood and Lavinia Newman-Norris. His Commonwealth War Graves record is of interest as it states that He resigned a position in TIENTSIN to join up; he was refused five times????? |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:57 pm | |
| Now that IS interesting - likely to be a nephew (there's already been a suggestion that the Newman family 'adopted' the Norris name for inheritance purposes, which would explain the difference in name) but I wonder how he ended up in Tientsin with dissolute old Uncle Charles - how could we uncover the reasons for his being repeatedly turned down? |
| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:17 pm | |
| Could this be referring to our Mr Newman! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Source:The Correspondence of G.E. Morrison: 1895-1912. 1 By George Ernest Morrison http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s1Quxl-svwgC&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&dq=papers+past+norris+newman&source=bl&ots=QKeBoIHcHn&sig=Blky0SFepl3quxUrz_xmUc54nkk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YxkEUrvBMMPP0AXgioGgDQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=papers%20past%20norris%20newman&f=false Page 299 |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:43 pm | |
| That's our man - up to his eyes in debt, having embezzled civil funds in Aliwal, being funded by the Russians to foment ant-Japanese sentiment amongst the Chinese and outraging polite expat society in Tientsin, all in a couple of paragraphs! |
| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:52 pm | |
| Is there anything else you need, or does that answer your question. |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:22 pm | |
| Littlehand,
I'd love to see a biography of this increasingly interesting character, who makes Harry Flashman look like a paragon of virtue so far - there's so much still to be uncovered about him: so far, it looks like he fled England in 1875 (aged 23) after being sued and bankrupted, he then suddenly pops up as a war correspondent in 1879 (so what did he do in the intervening period - he claims to have been with Gordon in the Sudan?), various escapades in Basutoland and Mashonaland before disappearing again to the Far East (after some unfortunate misunderstanding about municipal funds in South Africa), where he's in the employ of the Ruskies, back in debt and consorting with loose women. Somewhere along the line his nephew joins him in China, and eventually falls in Flanders in 1916.
So, the original question has unearthed even more questions that even I imagined it would! |
| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:19 pm | |
| Glad you said that, gives me something to get me teeth into. By the way, interesting discussion you have started |
| | | sjwalker51
Posts : 33 Join date : 2011-01-09 Location : Barnsley UK
| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:48 pm | |
| Delighted to hear it Littlehand, and thanks! There's various bits of intelligence spread across 3 forums so far (this one, TMP and Victorian Wars). Feel free to drop me a line direct if anything needs clarification on what we have discovered so far.
Are there any South African based members of the Forum who could investigate the Bulawayo connection (including how his stepson ended up as a farmer there), and the financial irregularities in Aliwal North that, I suspect, prompted his departure to the Far East c 1900?
BTW, where "Up North" are you based? I recently moved "Up North" as well - just outside Sheffield, to be precise. |
| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:02 pm | |
| I was up north, when I first join, now in the midlands. Someone in-doors wanted to be nearer her familey: You will have to wait for the Cricket to ends before our Coloinal cousins get involved. |
| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:17 pm | |
| This could hold some information on Newman.
http://eprints.ru.ac.za/2343/1/HORN-MA-TR87-18.pdf |
| | | wentworth
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:38 pm | |
| Re: Charles Henry Newman-Norris, Rifle Brigade, whether this is the same man or not, but a Charles H.Norris-Newman leaves these shores aboard the S.S. Pembrokeshire on the 16th April 1910 bound for Shanghai. "Confusing is'nt it Dutchy." |
| | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:03 am | |
| So that's young Charles, on his way to meet up with Uncle Chas. in Tientsin. There are no "Norris-Newman"s or "Newman-Norris"s to be found in a quick search of the 1901 and earlier census records, though "Lavinia Newman" (presumably his mother, and more easily found than his father) can be found in Fulham and Southwark.
Do we have any professional researchers/genealogists amongst our number who would be prepared to do a bit of work on this? I think the Elvington local history group is already on the case for me! |
| | | Keithchr
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:03 am | |
| Hi - I am an amateur genealogist. I hope to help you in your quest for the truth about Noggs. Here are copies of his two marriage certificates. One in Streatham, one in Japan Let me know if you need more information... Cheers Keith [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
| | | Chelmsfordthescapegoat
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:39 pm | |
| Keith welcome to the forum.. Stick around I'm very sure your skills will be called upon many times, if you have the time. We have a lot of unsolved issues, in the " DId they or Didn't they take part in the Zulu War of 1879" |
| | | littlehand
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| | | | sjwalker51
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:38 pm | |
| Keith,
Many thanks for a couple of additional nuggets in our search for the elusive Noggs - real life and my lack of research experience has got in the way of any real progress since my last post although contact with the Danish embassy suggests that he was never awarded the Danneborg medal that he claimed, and I've received a copy of a letter from the Reuters agent in Bulawayo to his boss in South Africa complaining bitterly about what a difficult and obstructive character he is, which all seems to fit the character that is emerging.
I've also been struck by the similarity of his "Who's Who in the Far East" entry to the real-life story of that other famous war correspondent, Archibald Forbes. I suspect that Noggs lifted much of it to embellish his own, rather less illustrious career.
I doubt that we'll ever be lucky enough to track down a living descendant who happens to have an old suitcase full of Noggs' diaries and personal papers but hope springs eternal! |
| | | Ulundi
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:14 pm | |
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| | | Ulundi
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:21 pm | |
| Just how accurate was Newman's account of Isandlawan. |
| | | impi
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:04 pm | |
| As accurate as can be!
LH posted an artical sometime back, can't remember where! But the sights Newman saw at Isandlwana had a dramatic effect on him. Or something like that. Perhaps LH can point you to the document in-question. |
| | | 90th
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| Subject: Charles L W C Norris - Newman Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:31 am | |
| Ulundi . I doubt anyone can contradict Newman's writings on the zulu war as he does use his own observations and many from others whom he quotes often in his book . Impi is referring to Newmans poignant description of the battlefield and I think the Fugitives Track , it's in his book ' In Zululand with the british throughout the war of 1879 ' and to me its a must have , many facts and figures etc etc . Newman , it seems was happy to embelish his own personal life , but he hasnt done so about the war . His description of the battlefield during his visit on the 19th May runs from page 181 - 184 . Cheers 90th . |
| | | Frank Allewell
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:00 am | |
| As sjwalker points out, Noggs did use a lot from Forbes, and other correspondents. He dose attribute some reports in his book, and in particular his maps. Reading his book there are commentaries on every aspect of the war, it was physically impossible for him to be at all the locations so yes he used other sources. His writings are responsible for clearing up a lot of Questions and we would be even more confused with this damned war if we didn't have old Noggs.
Cheers |
| | | Keithchr
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:08 pm | |
| Here is some more info about Noggs and Ethel, his wife and their divorce proceedings: The reasons Ethel stipulates for the petition do not show him in the best light, although he as respondent made no reply to the allegations/accusations. Most interestingly - the petition mentions no living issue from the marriage - although Ethel was " confined of a child"
Norris-Newman Ethel Luke v Norris-Newman Charles Louis Marie William Petition filed 25th Feb 1907 Decree Nisi granted 30 Apr 1908 Final Decree 9th Nov 1908
Ethel cited "adultery and cruelty" as the reasons for the application for divorce. Costs of £58 18s 9d awarded against Charles. At the time of this petition Ethel was residing in Anerley SE London and Charles in Tientsin, China where "he was the editor of a newspaper"
The application and sworn affidavits stated: "The said Charles L MW Norris-Newman has treated the petitioner with great cruelty and neglect & has used abusive and threatening language and has frequently assaulted her"
"That in or about the months of June & July 1900, the said Charles LMW Norris-Newman committed adultery with some woman unknown and thereby contracted a venereal disease and that in or about the month of August 1900 recklessly and cruelly infected the petitioner with the said disease"
"That in or about the months of August and September 1900 at No. 66 "B" Bluff, Yokohama the said Charles LMW Norris-Newman frequently struck the petitioner and as a consequence she was prematurely confined of a child on 13 September 1900". This child (a boy named Charles Roland L Norris-Newman) was born prematurely and died shortly after.
"That on an occasion in the month of February 1901 the said Charles LMW Norris-Newman struck the petitioner a violent blow with his fist knocking her to the ground"
I could go on - but you get the gist!... Charles committed adultery on 6th May 1901 with a woman in a brothel in Yokohama and at the time of the petition he was "residing in Tientsin with a woman who passes as his wife"...
Ethel remarried in Croydon in 1908... Noggs has no direct descendants (at least from his 1st two marriages - he married for a 3rd time in Tientsin in 1909 and had one daughter)- although he had several cousins who may have descendants around today. His death was registered in 1921 (not 1920) with the British Consul in Tientsin. His age given as 61 years - although he was actually about 68.
In the light of the above it is interesting to note the first line of Charles' book In Zululand With The British - in which he states "They say that self praise is no recommendation"...
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| | | littlehand
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Oct 26, 2013 2:51 pm | |
| "The Standard was the only newspaper to employ a professional journalist to cover the start of the war, although the choice of a locally based journalist, Norris-Newman, was hardly inspired. In January 1879 he assured readers that Zululand lacked natural obstacles, that the people of Zululand at large were content with the terms demanded by the British, that the British military build-up ‘had a repressive and deterrent effect upon the native mind and temper’ and that ‘every incident of the campaign will serve to establish the influence of British rule as a dominant and irresistible fact’. Events were to demonstrate that each of these prognostications by the local expert was wildly ill-informed. Newman’s overall conclusion was that there was ‘no reason to entertain the slightest uneasiness as to the capability of the force assembled to carry out the objects in view’.(27) This report was published in London five days after the Zulu victory at Isandlwana and two weeks before the news of that disaster for the British reached London. His reports unfolded with bizarre effect, for, due to the delays in communication, columns of jingoistic optimism, reported after early skirmishes, continued to be printed long after the brief telegraphed report from Chelmsford, announcing news of the annihilation of the British at Isandlwana, had already been published. Forced to choose between throwing away expensive and unique reports from the only newspaperman on the spot or protecting the reputation of their correspondent, the newspaper chose to print the reports and thereby expose Norris-Newman’s lack of judgement. Even when he was given one of the great scoops of history, Newman was so shocked by Isandlwana that his coup in being the only correspondent on the spot resulted in a dull report, in which he was more concerned with bureaucratic lists of the dead than with the course of events, for, as he himself announced, ‘my letter is far less complete than I could have wished but I am so completely unnerved by the scenes I have witnessed that it is with great difficulty I can arrange my thoughts in a coherent train" |
| | | Frank Allewell
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| Subject: Re: Charles L W C Norris-Newman "Noggs" Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:28 pm | |
| At Helpmakaar afterwards he was made to fend for himself, food shelter etc. I remember he had quite a moan about it as though he felt he should have been treated with a bit of priority.
Cheers |
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