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Armoured Train Ambush 11-15-99 Churchill & Haldane 3 years 9 months ago #78761

Neville_C Offline Administrator Posts: 1953 Thank you received: 3253	Great photos Rob, Here is another photograph by René Bull. To my eye this is a stunning image, clearly taken by an artist. .. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: azyeoman, Moranthorse1, pfireman

Armoured Train Ambush 11-15-99 Churchill & Haldane 3 years 9 months ago #78763

Neville_C Offline Administrator Posts: 1953 Thank you received: 3253	And another (not by Mr Bull this time) ...... This is not the train from the Chieveley incident. I believe it is the one captured at Kraaipan on 11 October 1899. .. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Rob D, Moranthorse1, pfireman, Mickster

Armoured Train Ambush 11-15-99 Churchill & Haldane 3 years 9 months ago #78764

Rob D Offline Senior Member Posts: 1026 Thank you received: 1011	Absolutely stunning! The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

Armoured Train Ambush 11-15-99 Churchill & Haldane 3 years 9 months ago #78765

Neville_C Offline Administrator Posts: 1953 Thank you received: 3253	And an image showing British prisoners from the armoured train arriving at Pretoria. These are mostly officers. .. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Rob D, pfireman, Mickster

Armoured Train Ambush 11-15-99 Churchill & Haldane 3 years 9 months ago #78766

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I noted with interest the Dublin Fusiliers' helmets in your picture by Rene Bull have a slightly darker (green?) pugaree and dome ventilator, and a paler (white?) stripe on the helmet above the pugaree.
So I think these POWs are probably not Dublins...
Could they be Durban Light Infantry, or men captured elsewhere?
I attach a photo of the memorial to those who fell, which I took when I first visited the site as a lad... in1969.

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

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Armoured Train Ambush 11-15-99 Churchill & Haldane 3 years 9 months ago #78767

Neville_C Offline Administrator Posts: 1953 Thank you received: 3253	A French postcard showing the officers. Note Churchill in the centre, with back turned to the camera, wearing side cap. [Ed: correction: this is NOT Churchill....!] .. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: pfireman, Mickster