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Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:54 pm
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Martin,

Thanks for the link, but regrettably looking at the website, it doesn't hold back issues that date back as far as December 1876 (though could be worse, the website could hold back issues th ...

Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:16 am
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John,

I noticed that in an archived thread you mentioned that George Macleroy's father (George Macleroy Snr, General Manager of the Natal Bank) disapproved of an unofficial engagement between his d ...

Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:22 am
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Harold,

You mention the Hon William's Drummond article "Christmas in the Wilds of Africa" from The Field magazine, December 1876 issue. Do you know where I could possibly view or obtain a ...

Thu May 05, 2011 8:46 am
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Which bar is it at as well? Wouldn't want to turn up at the wrong one!

Regards

Andrew

Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:02 pm
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Keith

Thank you very much for all the information! It has certainly given me plenty to mull over these next few days! And as for bad handwriting, Crealock may be bad but Drummond's is quite frankly ...

Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:43 pm
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Sawubona

I noticed that you had a scanned copy of the "Regulations for the Instruction and Movements of Mounted Rifles" and that you were happy to email this out. Does your generous offer ...

Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:02 am
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First of all hope everyone enjoyed their Easter weekends!

Peter E:
In regards to the authorship of the anonymous reports to the Witness, I regret to say that I am �assuming� that the most likely a ...

Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:36 am
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Dear Martin,

That's new information to me about potentially spending some time with the 13th Foot! May have to do some extra digging there!

Additional information I have collated on Drummond was ...

Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:35 am
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During some recent research, I have come across two conflicting accounts regarding the movements of the mysterious figure that is the Hon. William Drummond throughout the events of the 21st January. ...

Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:50 am
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Awesome, thanks for the reviews gents! �45 is quite a lot for one tome, but if it does collate several books together, then I too will succumb and purchase it! Laughing Inevitably it will prove its wort ...

Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:21 pm
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Just noticed that there's a new book being released about the Colonial Units, including their muster rolls: http://www.tokenpublishing.com/shop.asp?pid=7750.

Does anyone know any more about this wo ...

Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:50 pm
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Hi Keith,

Thanks for the information, I shall do a little investigating now that the Christmas festivities are over!

Regards

Andrew

Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:32 pm
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Hey,

Does anyone know where I could obtain a copy of Francis Fynn's article for the Natal Witness entitled "My Recollections of a Famous Campaign"? I know it was published 22nd January 1 ...
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