H.M.S. Active’s Marines photographed on the 11th December 1878

H.M.S. Active’s Marines photographed on the 11th December 1878, on the Natal side of the Thukela (Tugela) River.
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Marines of HMS Active who formed part of her Naval Brigade

RMLI
Dowding, Townley Ward (Lieutenant)
Arnott, James (Private, Portsmouth Div.)
Bates, John (Private)
Bigwood, William (Private, Portsmouth Div.)
Blackman, William T. (Sergeant)
Botwood, John (Corporal)
Cardell, Charles H. (Private, Portsmouth Div.)
Chapple, William (Private, Plymouth Div.)
Cook, James H. (Private)
Cook, Thomas Henry (Bugler, Portsmouth Div)
Davies, Christopher (Private)
Ellard, William (Private, Portsmouth Div)
Fleming, Cornelius (Private)
Hollis, Arthur (Sergeant)
Iggulden, Stephen (Private)
Marshall, William (Private)
Melluish, Frederick (Private, Portsmouth Div)
Metyard, Edward (Private)
May, Charles (Private)
Neale, Walter (Private, Portsmouth Div)
Penketh, Louis (Private)
Pepperell, William (Private)
Pratt, Henry (Private)
Rayner, William (Private)
Scanlon, John (Private, Portsmouth Div.)
Smith, James (Private)
Smith, Thomas (Private)
Smith, William (Private)
Stagg, William (Private)
Viney, George Spratt (Private)
Warren, Thomas (Private)
Williams, W. H. (Private)
Wilson, Edward (Private)
Wolfenden, Joseph (Private, Portsmouth Div)

RMA
Brown, William (Gunner)
Carroll, John (Gunner)
Dale, Joseph (Gunner)
Kilshaw, Thomas (Gunner)
Lemon, William (Gunner)
Seddon, William (Gunner, 19th Company)
Shields, Robert (Gunner)
Trenchard, Benjamin (Bombardier)

Lt. Dowding is the one standing at the far left. He has a spike on his helmet, and his shoulder strap going from right shoulder to left waist belt (opposite of the enlisted men.)

Both Private Iggulden and Gunner Carrol kept diaries while in Zululand. Anybody out there have a copy of Iggulden's?

Petty Officer Tom