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: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Fri May 13, 2016 4:45 pm
Found this interesting cutting in an old book. It originally appeared in 1931 (Sergeant Warren's letter about Isandhlwana was in the Bristol Observer on 29 March 1879). [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Steve
John Young
Posts : 2301 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 65 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Fri May 13, 2016 5:47 pm
Steve,
Sergeant 644 William Edward Warren, N Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery. He attested on 8th April 1868 at the age of 18 years.
Discharged as Sergeant-Major 30th June 1898.
John Y.
Tim Needham
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Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sat May 14, 2016 7:10 pm
Posts : 10352 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Sgt W.E.Warren RA Sun May 15, 2016 6:10 am
Seems Sgt Warren is another who is put down as an Isandlwana Survivor , simply because of the fact he wasn't in the camp at the time of the battle , if , as the story says is correct that he was with the relieving force the nest morning at RD , he was certainly out with LC , and not in the camp during the battle . 90th
1879graves
Posts : 3191 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sun May 15, 2016 10:05 am
Hi 90th
You are correct, it is the newspapers that claim he was a Survivor. Sgt. Warren never claimed to be a Survivor of the battle. He does give a good account of what he was doing during the day of the 22nd and was out with LC. In a letter to his father he tells all and was printed in Western Daily Press 26 March 1879.
90th
Posts : 10352 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 65 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Sgt W.E.Warren RA Sun May 15, 2016 1:56 pm
Thanks Andy , as expected . 90th
Tim Needham
Posts : 234 Join date : 2011-10-18
Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sun May 15, 2016 8:31 pm
I've had a quick search and he seems to have died in the March quarter of 1932 aged 81 in Orsett, Essex.
Regards,
Tim
rusteze
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Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sun May 15, 2016 10:11 pm
Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sun May 15, 2016 10:18 pm
Thanks Steve, do you know which cemetery that is?
Regards,
Tim
rusteze
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Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sun May 15, 2016 11:08 pm
Hi Tim
No, I can't be sure, but St Giles and All Saints at Orsett appears to have quite a large churchyard. Otherwise it might be the cemetery at Grays. Here is Sgt Warren and I think his first wife (my not very expert joining of two photos). [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Steve
24th
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Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Sun May 15, 2016 11:57 pm
Steve did you find his grave on a website, if yes which site?
rusteze
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Subject: Re: Sergeant W E Warren RA - Veteran Mon May 16, 2016 11:01 am
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