HAMBRO – NORMAN JOACHIM
| Born: 1878/02/00 Rank: 2ND LIEUT Regiment: KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS – 1ST BATT. GPS: S28°09.337 E30°15.608 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: DUNDEE – TALANA HILL Date of death: 1899/10/20 Memorial: DUNDEE – TALANA MUSEUM |
Note:
THE THE REV. GERARD CHILTON BAILEY WAS ANGLICAN VICAR OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES, IN DUNDEE, DURING THE BOER OCCUPATION FROM 23RD OCTOBER TO 16TH MAY 1900. REV BAILEY KEPT A DIARY RECORD OF THE TIME WHEN THE TOWN WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BOERS.
HIS JOURNAL “SEVEN MONTHS UNDER BOER RULE” WAS RE-PUBLISHED IN 2015.
THE FOLLOWING IS EXTRACTED FROM HIS JOURNAL;
“I MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU NOW ABOUT THE OTHER BURIALS. ON OCTOBER 25TH FATHER MURRAY AND I BURIED THOSE BODIES WHICH WERE TO HAVE BEEN BURIED ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE BATTLE. THESE BODIES WERE LAID TO REST IN A SMALL GRAVEYARD OF THE SMITH FAMILY, WHICH IS IN A WOOD, AND A LITTLE HIGHER UP THE HILL THAN THE FARMHOUSE. THERE WERE THIRTY FIVE IN ALL AND SEVEN OFFICERS. THEY WERE PLACED IN FOUR LARGE GRAVES. THE OFFICERS WHO WERE PLACED IN ONE GRAVE WERE COLONELS SHERSTON AND GUNNING, CAPTAIN PECHELL, LIEUTENANTS BARNETT, TAYLOR, HILL AND HAMBRO”.
