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14th April 2005	South Africa War Medal, with 1879 Bar Awarded to Pte J. Dolan, 24th Foot By John I have this medal, closing on eBay this Saturday on eBay... Was he involved in Rorke's Drift? Thanks~ John
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14th April 2005	mark i have copied a previous email, all credit to that author ! by the looks of it ... no ... he was not there General's Staff Maybin, G.W. Colour-Sergeant. Royal Artillery N Battery 5th Brigade Cantwell, John. Gunner 2076, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal Evans, Abraham. Gunner 1643 Howard, Arthur. Gunner 2077 Lewis, Thomas. Bombardier. 458 Royal Engineers 5th Company Chard, John Rouse Merriott, Lieutenant, awarded Victoria Cross Robson, Charles John, Driver. 12046 (Chard's Batman) 2nd Battalion, 3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs) Milne, Frederick. Sergeant. 2260 1st Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot Beckett, William. Private. 25B/135, died of wounds 23 January 1879 Desmond, Patrick. Private. 25B/568 Horrigan, William. Private. 1-24/1861, killed in action 22 January 1879 Jenkins, James. Private. 25B/841, killed in action 22 January 1879 Nicholas, Edward. Private. 25B/625, killed in action 22 January 1879 Payton, Thomas. Private. 25B/372 Roy, William. Private. 1-24/1542, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal Turner, Henry. Private. 25B/l04 Waters, John. Private. 1-24/447 Wilson, Edward. Sergeant. 25B/56 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment (2nd Warwickshire) Adams, Robert. Private. 25B/987 D Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Allen, William Wilson. Corporal. 2-24/1240, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross Ashton, James. Private. 2-24/913, B Company Barry, Thomas. Private. 25B/1381, B Company Bennett, William Private. 25B/918, B Company Bessell, William. Lance-Corporal. 25B/l287, B Company Bly, John. Private. 2-24/2427, B Company Bourne, Frank. Colour-Sergeant. 2-24/2459, B Company, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal Bromhead, Gonville. Lieutenant, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross Bromwich, Joseph. Private. 25B/1524, B Company Buckley, Thomas. Private. 25B/1184, B Company Burke, Thomas. Private. 25B/1220, B Company Bushe, James. Private. 2-24/2350, B Company Camp, William Henry. Private. 25B/1181, B Company Chester, Thomas. Private. 25B/1241, B Company Chick, James. Private. 25B/1335 D Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Clayton, Thomas. Private. 25B/755, B Company Cole, Robert. Private. 25B/1459, F Company Cole, Thomas. Private. 25B/801 B Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Collins, Thomas. Private.25B/1396, B Company Connolly, John. Private. 25B/906, C Company Connors, Anthony. Private. 2-24/2310, B Company Connors, Timothy. Private. 2-24/1323, B Company Cooper, William. Private. 2-24/2453, F Company Davies, George. Private. 25B/470, B Company Davis, William Henry. Private. 25B/1363, B Company Daw, Thomas. Private. 25B/1178, B Company Deacon, George. Private. 25B/1467, B Company, alias George D Power Deane, Michael. Private. 25B/1357, B Company Dick, James. Private. 2-24/1697, B Company Dicks, William. Private. 2-24/1634, B Company Driscoll, Thomas. Private. 25B/971, B Company Dunbar, James. Private. 25B/1421, B Company Edwards, George. Private. 25B/922, B Company, alias George Edward Orchard Evans, Frederick. Private. 25B/953, H Company Fagan, John. Private. 25B/969 B Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 French, George. Corporal. 2-24/582, B Company Galgey, Patrick. Drummer 2-24/1713, D Company Gallagher, Henry. Sergeant. 25B/81, B Company Gee, Edward. Private. 2-24/2429, B Company Hagan, James. Private. 25B/978, B Company Halley, William. Lance-Corporal. 25B/l282, B Company Harris, John. Private. 25B/1062, B Company Hayden, Garret. Private. 2-24/1769 D Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Hayes, Patrick. Drummer 2-24/2067, B Company Hitch, Frederick. Private. 25B/1362, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross Hook, Alfred Henry. Private. 25B/1373, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross Jobbins, John. Private. 25B/1061, B Company Jones, Evan. Private. 25B/1428, B Company, alias Patrick Cosgrove Jones, John. Private. 25B/1179, B Company Jones, John. Private. 25B/970, B Company Jones, Robert. Private. 258/716, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross Jones, William. Private. 2-24/593, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross Judge, Peter. Private. 2-24/2437, B Company Kears, Patrick. Private. 25B/972, B Company Keefe, James. Drummer 2-24/2381, B Company Key, John. Corporal. 2-24/2389, B Company Kiley, Michael. Private. 25B/1386, B Company Lewis, David. Private. 25B/963, B Company, alias James Owen Lines, Henry. Private. 2-24/1528, B Company Lloyd, David. Private. 25B/1409, B Company Lockhart, Thomas. Private. 25B/1176, B Company Lodge, Joshua. Private. 25B/1304, B Company Lynch, Thomas Michael. Private. 25B/942, B Company Lyons, John. Corporal. 25B/1112, B Company Lyons. John. Private. 2-24/1441, A Company Manley, John. Private. 2-24/1731, A Company Marshall, James. Private. 25B/964, B Company Martin, Henry. Private. 25B/756, B Company Mason, Charles. Private. 25B/1284, B Company Maxfield, Robert. Sergeant. 25B/623 G Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Meehan, John. Drummer 2-24/2383, A Company Minehan, Michael. Private. 2-24/1527, B Company Moffatt, Thomas. Private. 25B/968, B Company Morris, Augustus. Private. 25B/1342, B Company Morris, Frederick. Private. 25B/525, B Company Morrison, Thomas. Private. 25B/1371, B Company Murphy, John. Private. 25B/662, B Company Neville, William. Private. 25B/1279, B Company Norris, Robert. Private. 25B/1257, B Company Osborne, William. Private. 25B/1480, B Company Parry, Samuel. Private. 25B/1399, B Company Partridge, William. Private. 25B/1410, G Company Pitt, Samuel. Private. 25B/1186, B Company Robinson, Edward. Private. 25B/1286, B Company Ruck, James. Private. 25B/1065, B Company Savage, Edward. Private. 25B/1185, B Company Saxty, Alfred. Corporal. 25B/849, B Company Scanlon, John. Private. 25B/1051 A Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Sears, Arthur. Private. 2-24/2404, A Company Shearman, George. Private. 2-24/1618, B Company Shergold, John. Private. 2-24/914, B Company Smith, George. Sergeant. 2-24/1387, B Company Smith, John. Private. 25B/1005, B Company Stevens ,Thomas. Private. 25B/777, B Company Tasker, William. Private. 2-24/1812, B Company Taylor, Frederick. Private. 25B/973, B Company Taylor, James. Lance-Sgt. 25B/82, E Company Taylor, Thomas Edward. Private. 25B/889, B Company Thomas, John. Private. 25B/1280, B Company, alias Peter Sawyer Thompson, John. Private. 25B/1394, B Company Tobin, Michael. Private. 25B/879, B Company Tobin, Patrick. Private. 25B/641, B Company Todd, William John. Private. 25B/1281, B Company Tongue, Robert. Private. 25B/1315, B Company Wall, John. Private. 25B/1497, B Company Whetton, Alfred. Private. 2-24/977, B Company Wilcox, William. Private. 25B/1187, B Company Williams, John. Private. 25B/1395, B Company, awarded Victoria Cross, alias John Fielding Williams, John. Private. 25B/934, E Company Williams, Joseph. Private. 25B/1398 B Company, killed in action 22 January 1879 Williams, Thomas. Lance-Sergeant. 25B/1328, died of wounds 23 January 1879 Windridge, Joseph. Sergeant. 2-24/735, B Company Woods, Caleb. Private. 25B/1316, B Company 90th Light Infantry Graham, James. Corporal. 1123, alias Daniel Sheehan Army Service Corps Attwood, Francis. Second Corporal. 24692, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal Army Commissariat and Transport Department Byrne, Louis Alexander. Acting Storekeeper, (civilian attachment), killed in action 22 January 1879 Dalton, James Langley. Acting Assistant Commissary, awarded Victoria Cross Dunne, Walter Alphonsus. Assistant. Commissary Army Medical Department and Army Hospital Corps Reynolds, James Henry. Surgeon. BA MB ChB, awarded Victoria Cross Pearse, Mr., Surg. Reynolds's servant Ludding, Thomas. Private. McMahon, Michael. Private. 3359, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal Miller, Robert. Corporal. 1st Battalion 3rd Regiment Natal Native Contingent Adendorff, James. Lieutenant Mayer, Jessy H. Corporal. A native of Mkungo's tribe, killed in action 22 January 1879 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment Natal Native Contingent Anderson, Michael. Corporal. , killed whilst deserting 22 January 1879 Doughty, William. Corporal. Scammell, Carl. Corporal. Schiess, Ferdnand Christian. Corporal., awarded Victoria Cross Wilson, John. Corporal Natal Mounted Police Green, Robert S. Trooper. Hunter, Sydney H. Trooper., killed in action 22 January 1879 Lugg, Henry. Trooper. Acting Chaplain to the Volunteers Smith, George. The Reverend The Rev Smith's native servant Daniels, Mr
14th April 2005	mark - again i never stated the obvious ... this is a complete list of all defenders who stayed and fought the battle of rorkes drift
14th April 2005	Alan Critchley you could have just directed him to the 'other defenders' section. Alan
14th April 2005	Graham Mason In previous mails on this site a few people questions repeating information ad-infinitum, well my answer to this is that daily new people to this site are noy in possesion of facts and as is the nature of such a defined site the same questions get asked time and time again . Does a museum guide say " I am not answering that because i answered thatbquestion yesterday !" . When the questions dry up then we can worry somewhat . As regard this complied list a couple of oft repeated errors . It was Pte CALEB WOOD not WOODS at the drift and also it was C/Sgt George WILLIAM Mabin NOT Maybin present . The relatives of these men are known to me personally and a check on the records will support these spellings . I hope in the years to come many questions are raised and i for one am not worried if questions are repeated , even the experts get it wrong at times and i am no expert . Thank you , Graham
14th April 2005	Graham Mason Again the gremlins strike !!!, it should of course read " a few people ASK questions " and aslo it should read NOT instead of NOY ,( I CAN SPELL MOST TIMES ) ,there should not be a " b " after that ( before the word question .Sorry .
14th April 2005	GRAHAM MASON Blimey i have done it again , for ASLO read also , Sorry again ! , Graham
17th April 2005	Julian Whybra ...but a museum guide might say "You can rad the answer to your question in more detail than I have time and (in this case) space for over there!" I see nothing wrong in redirecting questioners to already-existing postings on the website.