Walter Adolphus Dunne.

Subject: Walter Adolphus Dunne. Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:26 pm

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The photograph is Deputy Commissary William John Jortin Warneford, who received Dunne's letter from Rorke's Drift.

John Young

Posts : 2593 Join date : 2009-04-24

Nice image LH. Salute

Guest

Pity its blurry and out of focus.

Posts : 2593 Join date : 2009-04-24

Off to spec savers with you me lad! agree

Subject: Re: Walter Adolphus Dunne. Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:13 pm

"Dunne, col. Walter Alphonsus, c.b., 3 s. of late Jas. Dunne, of 45 St. Stephen's G-reen, Dublin ; b. 1853 ; m. 1885, Winifred, dau. of late John Bird, C.M.G.,treas of Natal ; served in Kafir war 1877-8,
Zulu war 1879, including action at Rorke's Drift, operations against Sekukuni, Boer war 1881, Egyptian war 1882, Soudan campaign 1885, dir. of supplies and transport at Gibraltar from 1905 : Jun. United Service club."

Subject: Re: Walter Adolphus Dunne. Sun Feb 22, 2015 1:51 pm

LH post amended. Thanks John.

Subject: Re: Walter Adolphus Dunne. Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:37 pm

I tried to write this in the post that contains Dunne's grave, but it is locked and no replies allowed.
I am just back from Rome and after a few hours of searching (and many "midgy" bites as we say in Scotland) I found Dunne's grave.
Many thanks for Admin posting the picture and location of grave in Rome.
Still in excellent condition! I visit graveyards a lot to find the AZW veterans but this one was a real tester.

Posts : 90 Join date : 2014-10-10

Out of interest, Warnford had been Mentioned-in-despatches during the Ninth Frontier war and left the Army after the Zulu War to reside in South Africa. He was the Paymaster of Dick's Kaffrarian Levies in the Gun War 1880-81.

Cam.

Subject: Walter Adolphus Dunne Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:26 am

Hi Cam
Deputy Commissary W.J.J.Warneford was entitled to the Medal with clasp 1877-78-79 ; according to Forsythe's South African War Medal Roll .
cheers 90th Salute

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