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Petty Officer Tom · Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:21 pm

Sawabona,

Tis indeed where I first heard of Carroll's diary, almost 10 years ago. A long time before you were so kind as to post it.

Thanks for the promotion, but it is merely P O Tom.

Petty Officer Tom · Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:38 pm

Sawabona,

I do have some photos from the Norbury Album that were posted by the auction house. I believe you are correct in assuming they did not show all of the photos.

James,

If you are out ...

Petty Officer Tom · Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:23 pm

Sawubona,

Thank you for the link to John Carroll's diary. I have been looking for a copy, or transcript, of it ever since I became interested in the Naval Brigade of the Zulu War. Please extend m ...

Petty Officer Tom · Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:31 pm

Peter,
I am 99% sure it it Hill. The initial does look more like the letter "l" and is a bit smaller. (did the cross bar of the "T" come off?). After the name Hill is his rank w ...

Petty Officer Tom · Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:01 pm

Graves1879,
Thank you for the photos of the memorial.

Peter & Graham, & Martin
Thank you for the information you provided.

I'm still trying to decipher one or two names on the panel de ...

Petty Officer Tom · Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:14 pm

Does anyone know the names listed on the HMS Boadicea Memorial of those who died during its commission during the Zulu and First Boer War?
I have seen photographs of the panels, but they are heavily ...

Petty Officer Tom · Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:34 pm

On the 22nd January 1879 Lord Chelmsford rode out of the camp at Isandlawana to seek out the Zulu army. He was accompanied by Lt. A. B. Milne, RN (HMS Active) who was his Naval ADC. Milne left behin ...

Petty Officer Tom · Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:57 pm

John, Peter & Ron,

Thank you for all the references you supplied. I'll try to find them. Not sure if I could afford Frasier's Album.

Tom

Petty Officer Tom · Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:40 pm

I am conducting research on the Naval Bigade that landed during the Zulu War, and am looking for sources that provide more detailed information than found in most books. I know that there were diarie ...