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Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:54 pm
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I have recently re-activated my interest in collecting photos of the graves of Rorke's Drift defenders. Knowing that my globe-trotting days are over, I contacted The Friends of May's Hill Cemetery in ...

Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:28 pm
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Going back to my distant Army days, I think I preferred "squaddie" to "pongo". For the unenlightened this was a term used by the other services to describe soldiers. "Where th ...

Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:22 pm
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Not sure if this is in the right section but does anyone know anything about Armourer Sgt Henry Hayward, KIA Isandlwana?
I'm not so much interested in the man himself but, as an Armourer myself (cur ...

Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:02 pm
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Mel

Just out of curiousity, how much did you anticipate this trip would have cost on an individual basis?

Paul

Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:42 pm
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Alan

That's fine with me. I've done a second list for those buried in Wales. Err....how exactly do I go about it? PM the lists to you? Bit of a numpty with computers I'm afraid.

Paul

Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:04 pm
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Using Bancroft's book I have put together a list of those graves in the London area. I would be more than willing to send this to you via a PM if you're interested.

Paul

Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:02 pm
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James W. Bancroft's book "The Rorke's Drift Men" gives the location of Samuel Pitt's grave as: row 3, plot 29a if that helps at all.

Paul

Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:20 pm
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Scorer
Have you visited the grave of Samuel Pitt who is buried at the Church of St. David, Bettws, Newport? More intriguingly, have you ever tried to locate the grave of Thomas Collins who spent the ...

Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:01 pm
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I too would be interested in a co-ordinated visit. Could we twist the arm of a guest speaker-Mike Snook for instance? Would a curry lunch be more practical for people with a long journey home?

Paul ...

Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:49 pm
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I really applaud the people who get off their backsides and make these things happen! I wish I had half their energy, drive and enthusiasm. To me a Rorke's Drift defender in an unmarked grave is deplo ...

Sun May 22, 2011 7:42 pm
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If your based in Newport then there are two VC's not far away: Cpl William Allen in Monmouth and Pte. Robert Jones in the village of Peterchurch on Herefordshire.
You could, of course visit Hatch Be ...

Sun May 22, 2011 7:24 pm
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Hi Natalie

I happen to know there are several families with the surname Windridge in the area around Atherstone, Warks. This is a town with which Sgt Windridge had known connections.
About three y ...

Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:53 pm
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Don't know how that smiley got there - it should read page 18

P.W.

Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:51 pm
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Hi Forum

Just a note to draw your collective attentions to a piece in today's Times (page 1Cool about the Royal British Legion's plans to honour Cpl Scheiss. I notice they're still working on 139 as ...

Sat Sep 18, 2010 5:36 pm
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Perhaps this is a reflection of current economic climate?
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