Lieutenant John Chard: What's our strength? Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you.
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Subject: Captain of E company Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:48 am
I have recently read a novel about the battle of Isandlwana, which used the captain of E company as the fictional hero - " I think of you often" by Corby J Treadway.
It made me wonder where the captain was at the time of the invasion as he obviously wasn't with his company.
90th
Posts : 10621 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: E Co Capt Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:29 pm
Hi Eaton I've checked several books I cant find a listing , do you have a name ? . 90th
rusteze
Posts : 2871 Join date : 2010-06-02
Subject: Re: Captain of E company Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:07 pm
I think the name in the book is Captain James Sutton but it is fictional. Nobody of that name in the 24th. The previous Captain of E Company (during the Eastern Cape War in 1878) was R B Chamberlin. In 1879 he was serving as brevet Major at Fort Napier in Natal. So Lt. Cavaye commanded E Company.
Steve
eaton
Posts : 72 Join date : 2016-01-20
Subject: Re: Captain of E company Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:30 am
rusteze wrote:
I think the name in the book is Captain James Sutton but it is fictional. Nobody of that name in the 24th. The previous Captain of E Company (during the Eastern Cape War in 1878) was R B Chamberlin. In 1879 he was serving as brevet Major at Fort Napier in Natal. So Lt. Cavaye commanded E Company.
Steve
Thanks for that. It was purely a curiosity as to why there was no captain in charge of the company and what had happened to him. I thought perhaps he had died or was sick. Presumably he survived the war, so a fortuitous secondment.
90th
Posts : 10621 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Captain of E Co Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:24 am
Hi Eaton Yes he survived the war . From Mackinnon & Shadbolt page 342 .. Bvt Lt-Col W.R.B.Chamberlain ( Retired ) In consequence of injuries received while bush fighting in the Kaffir War , Maj Chamberlain was unable to go to the front with the 2nd Batt , and remained as Cmdt of Fort Napier at Pietermaritzburg during the campaign . 90th
ciroferrara
Posts : 277 Join date : 2010-10-07 Age : 31 Location : exeter
Subject: Re: Captain of E company Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:42 pm
Hi all this book only appears to be available on kindle?
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