Philip Price

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Hello, I am trying to find out if there was a Philip Price at the Rorkes Drift battle. His name is not on the roll call but he served in the Warwickshire regiment as carpenter I think. He came from the Brecon area and we have newspaper clipping of him in his uniform and a medal which is in the possession of a relative who I've lost touch with. I have been trying to establish if was at Rorkes Drift. The museum at Brecon think he have taken a different name to enlist at the time?

Subject: Re: Philip Price Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:03 pm

dprice

He arrived in S. Africa during the war a couple of months after Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift but did serve with his battalion in the rest of the Zulu War. Details below. Note the record shows 2 'L's in Phillip. Did he have perhaps a middle name beginning with G?

PRICE Phillip – Private – 25B/1655 – 1st/24th
Arrived in South Africa with draft aboard the Transport Clyde from 25th Brigade Depot Brecon, 1/3/1879.
South Africa Medal 1877-8-9 with clasp 1879. Medal rolls give No.1655 Price G.

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His name had one L in Philip according to the General Register Office in the district of Pontypool but no middle name. My late grandad though always thought his dad had indeed been involved. However, I suspect the information above is more likely to be the case. Apparently he was part of a group of soldiers who had gone out to build a bridge. Thanks for you reply.

Subject: Re: Philip Price Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:55 pm

The info comes from soldiers' docs in TNA. The General Register Office will be right about his name.

Subject: Re: Philip Price Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:48 am

Price P 11/2806 Private Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1879 (King's Own) Royal Lancaster Regiment
https://www.angloboerwar.com/name-search. The above record is from the site listed, which covers the "Frontier Wars" of 1877-78-79 which includes the A-Z War.

Subject: Re: Philip Price Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:55 am

Brian
dprice's relative served in the 1/24th (2nd Warwickshire). Your man is from the Royal Lancaster Regt.

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