Private 1826 William Henry Gliddon, 1st 24th

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Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 12 April 1934

Transferred to 32nd Regiment. South Africa Medal with Clasp 1879.

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25B/1826 Gliddon came out to South Africa with the draft which left Woolwich on the Clyde on 1st March 1879. He was not involved in the defence at Rorke's Drift but is likely to have been stationed there in August 1879 when 2/24th was detailed for burying the death at Isandlwana.

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