Most Recent Members

Subject: Most Recent Members Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:02 pm

H Bannink

CDR

gameleaper

jelsands

chris25

Ruth

redsoldiergreen

zuludownunder

DennisAndrews

billyc

leneslover

airborne7395

Attride_31

Fineli

AKincaid

hawk First Member To Join 2015

RichardBeresford

JC

Tinah

lss14029

j

jackofhearts

chrissyH

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

Welcome to you all. 8 already in 2015. agree

Posts : 1862 Join date : 2009-03-25

Subject: Re: Most Recent Members Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:28 am

There was a Richard Beresford from Cape Town. An estate agent from a few years back, brother still is an agent. Wonder if its any relation, possibly Richard would like to clarify?

Regards

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

Another 9 members, and we hit the year! agree

Subject: Re: Most Recent Members Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:48 pm

Am a new member - how would I go about finding background information on a soldier killed in action at Islandlwana? PVT Edw Strange #900 1/24th

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

Are you related? Or is it for medal information?

Guest

Welcome Iss14029, just sit tight if he was kia at
Isandhlwana the information is here, and you will
get an answer..enjoy your time here.. xhosa

Subject: Re: Most Recent Members Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:17 pm

No info re #900 being a relative but is my family name and our ancestry is from England.

Thanks for any information. I first visited South Africa in Oct. 2013 and plan to return in Aug. 2015 to visit the battlefields. Have read many books re AZW

Posts : 2871 Join date : 2010-06-02

Hi Iss14029

Here is 900 Pvt. E Strange on the medal roll for 1/24th showing he was indeed killed at Isandhlwana. But, because he died in service his papers will not survive, so it is very difficult to find out about his background.

Norman Holme's book "The Noble 24th" lists him on the Isandhlwana casualty roll as follows - " Posted to Service Companies 2/8/1877. Effects recorded for claim by next of kin. South Africa Medal with clasp 1879".That information probably came from the Pay Lists in the National archives at Kew.

If you can trace your UK ancestors it might show some link, but it is a very long shot.

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Regards

Steve

Subject: Re: Most Recent Members Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:24 am

Thanks Steve

We are trying to stay warm here in Indianapolis,

Best Wishes - Larry Strange

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

John wrote:: Another 9 members, and we hit the year!

2 to go and we hit " 1879 " let's hope we hit before or on the 22nd Jan agree

One more to go agree

Posts : 1862 Join date : 2009-03-25

Oops we have passed 1879.

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

Just one more day. Still at lease we hit 1879.

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