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: Royal Artillery deaths in Zululand 1879 Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:16 pm
Hello all,
I've recently come across a photo of a memorial on the island of St. Helena which includes the following inscription;
GUNR E. FLANAGAN DIED IN ZULULAND 3RD MAY 1879 AGED 21 YEARS
CORPL G. OLDEN DIED IN ZULULAND 8TH MAY 1879 AGED 29 YEARS
I have found both in the medal roll under 7th Bde No.8 Bty, & both are listed as 'Died on Service' (although Cpl Olden is spelt 'Oldin'). However, neither appears on the Regimental Afghanistan/South Africa 1877-81 Memorial at Larkhill - does anyone have any information on these two men, as it seems strange that they are not commemorated...
Regards,
Tim
littlehand
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Subject: Re: Royal Artillery deaths in Zululand 1879 Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:50 pm
Hi Tim hope your well. Did you manage to get a photo of the memorial.
Tim Needham
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Subject: Royal Artillery deaths in Zululand 1879 Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:20 pm
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Subject: Royal Artillery deaths in Zululand 1879 Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:40 am
Hi Tim. Thanks for the photo link , much apprecited 90th
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7839 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Royal Artillery deaths in Zululand 1879 Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:48 am
Tim I don't know if this is a coincidence but there is a Gunner E Flanagan RGA on the British Legion Memorial in Salford. There are records here but I cant access [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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