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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Found this cutting while searching the original medal roles. Colour Sergeant Bourne was not one to mess with even then. Ain't ya got to love the Daily Mail! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Steve
John
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Good old Frank. He did like to keep the records straight.
90th
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Subject: RD. survivors 1932 Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:53 pm
Good on him ! 90th
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Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:18 am
Top man,like that..xhosa
kopie
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Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:15 pm
rusteze wrote:
Found this cutting while searching the original medal roles. Colour Sergeant Bourne was not one to mess with even then. Ain't ya got to love the Daily Mail! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Steve
A letter from Bourne himself - he would have been an old man then! I wonder if "Stoneroof", Dorking, Surrey, is still standing and if so, if it has a blue plaque on it? Is Bourne buried in Dorking, if he lived there in old age?
kopie
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Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:18 pm
Locality: Mole Valley Local Authority: Mole Valley District Council County: Surrey Country: England Postcode: RH4 2HD
Listing Text SOUTH S2iEET 1. 1049 (North-West Side) No 66 to 70 (even) (Stoneroof) ) TQ 1649 SW 4/33
II GV
2. C18. 2 storeys. 4 windows. Red brick, now painted. Modillion eaves cornice. Horsham slab roof. 4 sash windows above with glazing bars intact. 2 large modern bow fronted shop windows with flat hood over on ground floor (glazing bars intact) curving inwards to modern doorway with rectangular fanlight. Porch at southern end with Ionic columns; door of 6 fielded panels with rectangular fanlight over . Photograph in NMR.
Nos 66 to 82 (even) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ1636049236
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:21 pm
The Blue Plaque is on his house in King's Hall Road Beckenham.
This quote is from the RDVC site. "Frank Bourne died on V.E Day, 8th May 1945 at the age of 90. He is buried with his wife Eliza in the Elmers End Cemetery. Frank was the last defender of Rorke's Drift to die. Frank and his wife made their home in Beckenham from 1909 to 1931, with his longest period being at 16 Kings Hall Road. Shortly after the death of Eliza, he moved to live with his daughter in Dorking."
The house in Dorking is where he died. It can be seen on Google (the yellow shop). [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Steve
kopie
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Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:00 pm
Thanks for the pic rusteze.
90th
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Subject: Rorke's Drift Surviviors 1932 Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:44 pm
Excellent Photo Steve thanks for the post . cheers 90th
Kenny
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Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:05 pm
Many times I stood at mission station at Rorke's Drift, listening to the local guide telling the enthralling story of the famous defence and participants. But you begin to think 'why let a good story get in the way of the truth'. Frank Bourne did not die on VE Day 1945 but on the 9th May 1945 - the day after - you can check this from the entries in The Times newspaper for 11th and 14th May 1945 and of course this is date on his headstone. This rumour was probably started by David Rattray.
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impi
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Subject: Re: Rorke's Drift Survivors 1932 Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:36 pm
Kenny wrote:
Many times I stood at mission station at Rorke's Drift, listening to the local guide telling the enthralling story of the famous defence and participants. But you begin to think 'why let a good story get in the way the truth'. Frank Bourne did not die on VE Day 1945 but on the 9th May 1945 - the day after - you can check this from the entries in The Times newspaper for 11 and 14 May 1945 and of course this is date on his headstone. This rumour was probably started by David Rattray.
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