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Marmaduke, certainly remains very prominent, indeed, on my own bookshelf, Brett.

Brett Hendey wrote: Rory

Thank you for another interesting post. The diary gives a fascinating account of British Kaffraria and the Transkei as they were after the end of the last of the Frontier Wars. The Colonials mentioned represented the resolute Eastern Cape settlers of the 19th Century who did so much for the development of the region. One of the names I noticed was Pattle of Butterworth. One of their descendants who was born in Butterworth was Squadron Leader Pat Pattle. He was the RAF's top-scoring fighter ace of World War II, although he is seldom acknowledged as such.
samilitaryhistory.org/vol013dt.html

Just as Squadron Leader Pattle is often left out of history books, so too are the positive effects of the Colonial era in the Eastern Cape. Time marches on and the past has new recorders!

Brett

I was pleased to read that, Frank. I do not know if the Pattle family is still represented in Butterworth, but I doubt that there is anyone else there who knows or cares about Squadron Leader Pat. It is all very sad.
Regards
Brett

It always amazes me how, quite unexpectedly, new information about a recipient crops up. I was going through an obscure publication on prominent settlers in the Eastern cape when I saw this:





The John Edward referred to is my medal recipient.

Regards

Rory