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Hello Mark,
You are clearly the man to see when it comes to Natal History! I do have a several South Africa 1879's to local Colonials, Rory's last post has got me thinking about them again, not to sure where to start when it comes to research, one of them is an officer in the Natal Native Contingent, any thoughts would be most welcome!
Sincerely Frank.

Thanks Frank, I think Brett is our Natal man. I do have a keen interest in the 1879 Zulu War. If you send me a private message with the man's name I'll have a look and see if I have anything on him amongst my stuff. You might be able to find something on him in the Pietermaritzburg Archives but from what I hear they seem to be in quite a mess. It might be worth checking the SA Archives online index for a death notice listing. If you found one you could possibly ask a researcher to retrieve it and that might give you some good info on your man.
www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl

Cheers,

Mark

Mark,
Thanks for the link, I'll sit down and have a good look though the site, I have really no experience with the archives in South Africa and in the past I have used Audrey Portman for odd bits, such as papers for the SA Infantry Brigade of WW1 and Cape Police etc from the Boer War period, to be honest, it has been Jameson Raiders that have proved to be the biggest stone in the shoe thus far!
Kind regards Frank.

Frank Kelley wrote: Mark,
Thanks for the link, I'll sit down and have a good look though the site, I have really no experience with the archives in South Africa and in the past I have used Audrey Portman for odd bits, such as papers for the SA Infantry Brigade of WW1 and Cape Police etc from the Boer War period, to be honest, it has been Jameson Raiders that have proved to be the biggest stone in the shoe thus far!
Kind regards Frank.

Frank, successfully accessing the various archives in South Africa can be difficult in the present climate of indifference to preserving the country's colonial history.

Jameson Raiders ! A most interesting lot.

Cheers,

Mark

Guys,

This might be slightly off topic but whilst busy with my on going research into all things Cape Police, I managed to get my hands on this list of Jameson Raiders.

There might of course be a few ommissions etc but for what it's worth, here it is:

THE JAMESON RAID

BBP - Bechuanaland Border Police
BSA - British South Africa Police (Matabeleland Mounted Police)

THE PRISONERS

Reeland, Charles John Headingham - Sergt. BBP
Greaves, Cecil Goldsmid - Corporal BBP
Cartwright, James Harry - Trooper
Ballantyne, James Douglas - do
Keenon, Percy Walter - do
Russel, Harry - do
Day, Daniel - do
Pepys, Guy - do
Paley, John - do
Johnstone, George - do
Steele, Alexander - do
Holmes, Ingram - do
Cooper, Ernest - do
Couser, Richard - do
Bakeson, Malcolm Weir - Troop Sergt-Major Artillery Troop
Tremayne, Richard - Sergeant C Troop
Mageen, Lowen Ewert - Sergeant-Major A Troop
O'Leary, John - Sergeant-Major C Troop
Harrison,Edward - Trooper
Ibbes, Charles Henry - do
Bowden, Sidney - do
Moore, Alfred Henry - Corporal A Troop
Saunders, William - Trooper
Ball, James - do
Mitchell, John Bentley - Corporal K Troop
Slee, Charles - Trooper
Blankenburg, Charles Harry - do
Collins, Bernard - do
Dobson, Joseph - Lance-Sergt BBP
Cartwright, Alfred George - Sergeant BSA
Ashwin, Richard - Corporal B Troop
Hyman, Raleigh - Trooper
Hay, Edward James - do
Carston, James - do
Jack, Robert - do
Foxcroft, Richard - do
Wilmot, George Peter - do
McMillan, Donald - do
Morris, Samuel - do
Wentle, George Stanley - do
Burnand, John Arthur - do
Lewis, James George - do
Sturgeon, John - do
Puddy, Charles Ernest - do
Mein, John - do
Taylor, Albert - do
Normana, Patrick Hill - Corporal A Troop
Park, William Henry - Corporal A Troop
Spurrier, CLemence Basil - Trooper
Lawrey, James - do
Calderwood, John - do
Webb, Benjamin Webb - do
Moore, Percy Henry Joylyne - do
Murray, Charles Stephenson - do
Chataway, Norman Harris - Corporal A Troop
Rodley, John William - Trooper
King, Joseph George - do
Gibb, William - Corporal Artillery
Cheaker, Joseph - Trooper
Hill, John Hall - do
Bernstein, HG - do
McKenzie, George - do
Symons, Louis William - do
Jackson, Henry Barrett - do
Paul, Arthur - do
Fenton, Frederick Arthur - Corporal C Troop
Oliver, John - Trooper
Thorne, RIchard - do
Charles, William (London) - Corporal A Troop
Rolleston, Philip Lancelot - Trooper
Smith, Alexander William - Corporal B Troop
Carson, Thomas - Trooper
Slocock, Charles Edward - do
Comer, Frank - do
Jupp, Richard Barry - Corporal A Troop
Reynolds, Harry - Trooper
Stanley, Joseph - do
Shedd, William Burns - do
Steyn, Johannes - do
Haggblad, Erwin - Driver
Palmer, William John - Trooper
Flynn, John - do
Solomon, Percy - do
Victor, Albert - do
Garcia, Egbert Morris - do
Pescoa, William - do
Gordon, Thomas - Trooper
McKinley, Alexander - do
Johnston, Hugh Cameron - do
Mallaleine, Joseph - do
McMahon, Robert - Lance-Corporal
Newik, Henry - G Troop BBP
(Clinton) C-nton, Claud - Trooper
Moore, Edward - do
Lewis, ALfred - do
Rowe, Karl Frederick - do
De la Hay, Francis - do
Parkin, M - do
Brennen, Francis Dawse - do
John Pritchard - Native Constable
Spring, Francis - Corporal D Troop
Hooper, James - Trooper
Walterstorff, Albert - do
Bourke, John - do
Ingham, John - Corporal D Troop
Little, Mer - Sergeant C Troop
Bower, Corneilus - Trooper
Rogers, Edward - Corporal A Troop
(Paton) Pat--, Fred - Trooper
Jones, Herbert - do
Sutherland, Charles - do
Tapp, George Raikes - Sergeant C Troop
Cook, Robert - Trooper
Gibb, David - Sergeant A Troop
Kirby, Lewis - Trooper
Sirton, William - do
Franklin, Benjamin Charles - do
Jennings, Arthur - do
Gray, Cecil Alex - Trooper
Frost, John - do
McClean, James - do
McMullin, Samuel - do
Harris, Charles Henry - do
Rea, Harold Geo - do
Burnside, Nigel - do
Murphy, Pearce Edward - do
Neate, Arnold Edward - do
Roodt, William Peter - do
Tinge, Reginald - do
Fraser, James John Meintjes - do
Cousins, Harvey Joseph - do
Clemens, Percy Brooke - Sergeant D Troop
Fab-ing, Lancelot Matthew - Trooper
Probyn, Henry - do
Gibbs, Joseph - do
Calenborne, John - do
Brown, Frederick Sheard - Sergeant A Troop
Lawson, Charles - Trooper
Davies, Henry - do
Hill, Charles William King - do
Sheh-on, Samuel - do
Harrison, Tom Robert - do
Johnstone, Cartledge - do
Williamson, John James - Corporal 9 Troop
Clark, James - Sergeant A Troop
De Legh, William Owen - Trooper
De Mandeville, Geoffrey - Troop Sergeant-Major D Troop
Springfield, Osborne - Sergeant-Major D Troop
Steadmond, Edward - Trooper
Harber, Walter Alex - do
Mathison, James Arthur - Lance-Corporal K Troop
Plomer, Chas Campbell - Trooper
Smith, John - do
Weu-, Edmund Wardle - do
(Chadborn) Chadbo-n, John Arthur - do
Devereux, Laurence - do
Eames, Thos Banbury - do
Ode, Thomas - do
Jackson, Harry - do
Horsord, Knightly - do
Harris, Reginald - do
(Steiner) S-einer, Jacob - do
Handsomebody, William Harry - do
Douglas, Frank Arthur - Sergeant 9 Troop
Samsbury, Henry - Trooper
Armstrong, James St. George Primlie - do
Clarendon, Sydney - do
Brady, Archibald Harry - Sergeant K Troop
Gilmore, Robert - Trooper
Power, Patrick - do
Young, Chi-ney Rogers - do
Finch, William - do
Chawles, Edmund - do
Thomson, Richard - do
Parker, George Bertie - do
Saunders, John Drummond - do
Babb, Leonard - do
Demarsque, Robert - do
Roberts, Duncan - do
Kerr, Charles James - do
Hamilton, Seaton - do
Reynard, Joseph James - do
Nicholls, John Elya - Trooper
Pyke, George Thomas - do
Leary, Edward - Corporal A Troop
Spalding, Frank William - Trooper
Richardson, Horace - do
Champkin, Freak - do
Basson, Albertus Johns - Con 2 Wagons
McDonald, John - Storeman
Ferguson, Jack - Driver
Garraway, Edward - Surgeon BSA
Laidlaw, James Bruce - Trooper
Celliers, Daniel - do
Landgreen, Alfred John - do
Farrerr, Michael George - do
O'Farrer, Edward Joseph - do
Bale, John - do
Gardiner, Alexander - do
Calder, John - do
Handley, Herbert Humphrey - do
Musker, Edward - Corporal K Troop
Weare, Rupert Augustus - Trooper
Adge, Sudney - Sergeant K Troop
Millar, Harry - Trooper
Olsson, Gustave Adolf - do
Sutclide, Herbert John - Hospital Sergeant-Major
Hilliery, John - Trooper
(Lawler) Law-er, Edward James - do
Stone, William - do
Cokeril, Alfred John - Sergeant A Troop
Millar, Christian George - do
Clark, William - do
Poole, Ernest Joseph - Trooper
Driver, Percy - do
(Sievert) S-evert, Christian Henry - do
Fouche, Phillip - Conductor
Wilmot, William McDonald - Trooper
Menheniot, George - do
Jackson, Robert - do
Metcalfe, Frederick George - do
Lolar, John Lardener - do
Proctor, Charles Higerty - do
Petit, George - servant to Captain Grenville
Maros, Eugene - Trooper
Blotherwick, James - Troop Sergeant-Major G Troop
Hurley, Frederick - Trooper
Cole, Mansel Crawford - Troop Sergeant-Major K Troop
Roberts, James - Trooper
Lammas, Matthew - Conductor
Carpenter, Frederick - Trooper
Shaw, Robert - do
James, Edward Henry - do
Kenny, John - do
Kennedy, Leslie Coldridge - do
Lewis, William Charles - do
Vanner, Clement William - do
Bull, Henry Collins - Corporal
McGowan, William - Trooper
Rothman, John - do
Doyle, Ashley Crofton - Corporal
Brand, William John - Trooper
Barnes, Ernest - do
Baker, Alfred Lee - Corporal
Dewar, Arthur Robert Johnston - do
Rankin, Thomas - Corporal
Winder, Allan Campbell - Sergeant
Thomas, William - do
Belk, Samuel Waterhouse - do
Murray, Kenneth Alexander - do
Marchant, Edward - Trooper
Wedderburn, John - do
Wickham, Thos - do
Jones, Francis - do
Herbert, Percy Wilder - do
Gardyne, Thomas McCloud Bruce - do
Scrope, Gervase - do
Stevens, Cecil Ernest - do
Hector, John - Sergeant
Hoskin, Charles Cuthbert Fraser - do
Hill, Phillip Leonard - do
Bewley, Edmund - do
Harrington, George Herbert - Corporal
Struk, Charles Brownlow - do
Eastwood, Francis Eastwood - Trooper
Walters, Alfred Edward - do
Pechell, William Kerr - do
Sinclair, August Lawrence - Corporal
Getliffe, Simon - Trooper
Keys, William - do
Place, Edward Herbert - do
Stephenson, Harry - do
McNamara, James - do
Primmer, William Harry - do
Murphy, Daniel - do
Schmeizer, Alfred - do
Lington, John - do
Pender, John - Trooper
Yarmery, Edwin Armstrong - Corporal
Phillips, Francis Wall - Trooper
Walker, Fred - do
Gall, John - do
Holloway, Frank Vivian - do
Rhodes, Charles Edward - do
Smith, James - do
Nicholls, Thomas - do
Cloete, John Henry - do
Ryan, Patrick Francis - do
Martin, Herbert - do
Norris, Charles - do
Jardine, Cecil - do
Hatherill, John - do
Reid, John Walter - do
Atkins, Clement - do
Thirkell, William Russell - do
Jenkins, Alexander Jameson - do
Huchvale, Arther Edward - do
Davis, Gordon - Sergeant
Lester, Charles Reginald - do
Power, Richard Eady - do
Dobbin, Thomas - Corporal
Wilson, ALfred - Trooper
Lang, George - do
Steel, Hugh - do
Kenny, John - do
Pepys, John - Corporal
Littleton, John - Trooper
Davey, Thomas William - do
Morgan, James Neger - do
Ruck, George Ruck - Trooper
Langworthy, Harry - do
Marks, Clifford Webber - Corporal
Monk, Ernest Wealand - Trooper
Francis, William Clarence - do
Lindsay, Cecil H - do
Lester, Edward Henry Cecil Maloney - do
Myan, Francis - do
Marchant, John - do
Kerr, Fred C - do
Newman, Joseph - do
Morgan, William - do
Wagstaff, St John - do
Whites, Joseph - do
Law, Peter - do
Gunn, Angus Dunell - do
Abbot, Edwin - Sergeant-Major
Cumming, Adam Bennet - Sergeant
North, Albert - Trooper
Merry, George - do
Walker, Thomas - do
Kavanagh, Thomas - do
Bourke, Thomas Edward - Corporal
Billing, Herbert Lindsay - Trooper
Cooke, George Alfred - Corporal
Grimes, Gordon Henry - Trooper
Symington, John - Corporal
Smith, Hy Walter - Sergeant
Elliott, Richard Lourens - Trooper
Wetherell, George John - do
Beale, William - do
Moore, George - Corporal
Bennet, James - Trooper
Harwood, Gwynne - Corporal
Constable, Hugh - Trooper
Molony, James AC - do
Russell, Thomas Andrew - do
Wallace, Henry - Corporal
Parr, Harry - Trooper
Wilson, David - do
Carlyle, Thomas
McCullum, John - do
Allen, Harry - do
Lucy, Fred - do
Mendell, Marmaduke - Sergeant
Hoseason, Cecil - Trooper
Uoing, Gerald - do
McBurnett, Donald - do
Green, George - do
Jenning, Arthur - do
McCarthy, Hy - do
Rylands, Thomas Edlerton - Corporal
Garrell, George - Sergeant
Moberg, John - Trooper
Leesching, Fredk - Clerk
Scot, Duncal - Trooper
Anthony, Louis - do
Croft, Alfred - do
Close, Percival - do
Major, George - do
Stevesmith, Alfred P - do
Plooy, Rudolph du - do
MacAdam, John - do
White, George J - do
Garlick, Burleigh - servant of Dr Jameson
Ryan, Kearns - Trooper
Webb, Churcheland James - do
Bevan, Alfred Ernest - do
Stock, Thomas Henry - do
Gibson, William Mitchell - do
Seale, George - do
Wiggins, Thos - do
Zeiss, Edward Charles Albert - do
Riley, William Henry
Bellew, Charles Joseph - Corporal
Burgess, Arthur - Trooper
Burgess, William - do
Forsythe, Alfred Burnet - do
Maroney, PW - do
Adams, EG - do
Berry EA (wounded) - do
Stapleton, LH (wounded) - do
Brooke, FN (wounded) - do
Callanan, HA (wounded) - do
Gibbs, HE (wounded) - do
Molard, H (wounded) - do
Grey, Colonel
Gorringe, L - do
Pattison, R - do
Cozalet, A - do
And 17 Kaffirs

LIST OF THE CASUALTIES

B McCracken - bullet wounds, shin and shoulder
WH Barry - Bullet wound through spine and hip
TH Stapleton - shot right hip
G Putter - wound right foot
GR Payne - abcess in buttock
HE Gibbs - kick in abdomen
H Moreland - contusion right side
S Bruce - shot right thigh
F Neckson - compound fracture right arm
PA Berry - kick in stomach and rheumatism
H Beadon - bullet would left leg
J Wilson - shot through right hip
BR Phillernek - dysentery
FW Brown - compound fracture left arm
FA Hayes - bullet through left foot
WM McLaughlin - two superficial bullet wounds left flank
F Dreyer - left leg amputated
F Mostyn - bullet wound left elbow
M Den - bullet wound right thigh
D Fraser - shot through bladder and bowels
SM Brooke - bullet wound, right arm
J McVety - shot through mouth
EG Barnes - bullet wound right thigh
[Note: gravestone reads "PS Wiid"] P Wild - shot through spinal cord and probably abdomen
F Stannard - bullet wound in thigh
Hon CJ Coventry - shot through back
G Pomeroy - bullet wound in left leg and knee joint
HA Callanan - bullet would in left side of chest
S Burrowes - bullet wound in right knee
G Palmer - shot through left left foot
AW Rowley - shot through groin
SR Lynn - shot through right shot
DM Glynn - wounded in right thigh and hip

Regards

Adrian

Well done, Adrian ! This is great ! I would suggest reposting it in a thread all of its own because it really deserves the attention of a specialist thread.

Cheers,

Mark