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Gloucestershire / Re: Army hospital in Cheltenham 1877 - 8 ?
« on: Wednesday 10 June 20 10:54 BST (UK) »
Spurdog, I've lost your PM details. Is this possible?
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Gloucestershire / Re: Army hospital in Cheltenham 1877 - 8 ?
« on: Monday 08 June 20 22:35 BST (UK) »
Thank you for this information spurdog. Could be fruitful.
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Armed Forces / Re: Army Surgeon Dugald Blair Brown, 1847 - 1896
« on: Saturday 11 November 17 18:02 GMT (UK) »
I might be making the wrong connection here, but I think I remember my late aunt, Ena Blair Whitehead of Catsfield, Sussex, mentioning an aunt Nita.
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Armed Forces / Re: Army Surgeon Dugald Blair Brown, 1847 - 1896
« on: Saturday 11 November 17 09:56 GMT (UK) »
Lynrod,
Yes, I would be interested to read the contents of this letter.
Kind regards
Dugie4
Yes, I would be interested to read the contents of this letter.
Kind regards
Dugie4
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Gloucestershire / Re: Army hospital in Cheltenham 1877 - 8 ?
« on: Monday 01 December 08 18:54 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know if any of General Gordon (of Khartoum)'s family had any connection to Cheltenham / Goucestershire in the later 1870s? (I'm still trying to chase up my ancestor mentioned above's connection to the area).
Regards
Dugie4
Regards
Dugie4
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Armed Forces / Re: Army Surgeon Dugald Blair Brown, 1847 - 1896
« on: Wednesday 26 November 08 11:26 GMT (UK) »Dugie
I am a descendant (great grand daughter) of Dugald's brother, William a tea planter based in Ceylon, and have recently started researching family history. I grew up in South Africa but now live in the UK. I know Dugald was stationed at Woolwich at some point as I have a photo of him there with his mother, Alexandrina (I think). Also have some photos of him in Edinburgh circa. 1895 which was just before his death in the Punjab in 1896.
I visited the archive in Kew and found the following:
b Renfrew, Scotland 4/3/1847
d Mian Mir, Punjab 27/1/96 as a result of a fall from his horse.
Campaigns: 1879 - 81 South Africa. Mentioned in Despatches 21/8/79 re: Battle of Ulundi;
1885 - 86 Burma.
Asst Surgeon 30/3/1872; Surgeon Major 30/3/1884; Surgeon Lt Col 30/3/1892.
Let me know if you want to get copies of photos - I'm happy to send them.
Jules100
Jules,
How interesting! I would very much like copies of your photos. I myself have a photo of William, and one of Dugald, (which I would be happ yo share with you) but none of Alexandrina. I have sent a message to your private box.
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Armed Forces / Re: Army Surgeon Dugald Blair Brown, 1847 - 1896
« on: Wednesday 05 November 08 18:05 GMT (UK) »Dugie,
The official Army List for April to June 1878 has him stationed at Woolwich, which was Depot Barracks of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
I have in my collection a contemporary photograph of the "Fort" at Helpmekaar where he performed his operations after Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift. I also have a photograph of the camp at Ladysmith where he was transferred to when he was placed on "sick-list" to recuperate due to the insanitary conditions at Helpmekaar.
Isandlwana
Isandlwana
Many thanks for your two very informative replies.
Do you know what sort of establishment that might have been, at Woolwich? Would it have been a barracks, or might there have been a hospital there too?
Are your photopraphs digitised? If they are, might I have copies?
Best regards
Dugie
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Armed Forces / Re: Army Surgeon Dugald Blair Brown, 1847 - 1896
« on: Wednesday 05 November 08 11:49 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks to both km1974 and Isandlwana for your replies.
I knew about his service at Rorke's Drift (and Ulundi) and about his article in the Lancet but the book that you mention, Isandlwana, is new to me and I will order it today.
I work in the Cayman Islands so it's difficult for me to get to Kew.........if you have an Army List for 1877-8 that really would be very helpful.
I knew about his service at Rorke's Drift (and Ulundi) and about his article in the Lancet but the book that you mention, Isandlwana, is new to me and I will order it today.
I work in the Cayman Islands so it's difficult for me to get to Kew.........if you have an Army List for 1877-8 that really would be very helpful.
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Armed Forces / Army Surgeon Dugald Blair Brown, 1847 - 1896
« on: Tuesday 04 November 08 21:35 GMT (UK) »
Greetings!
I'm looking for some help please: I want to get the Army career history of an ancestor.
His name is Dugald Blair Brown and he joined the Army as a surgeon in 1871, and died in service (in the Punjab) in 1896. He served in the Zulu Wars, the early Boer Wars, and in India and Burma, rising to the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel by the time he died.
There's plenty of information about him on the internet, and I've got copies of censuses, birth certificate, medical qualification, and death certificate.
But what I'm interested in is his early Army career, and particularly where he was and what he was doing in 1877-8, just before he was shipped off to South Africa.
I've tried the Military Records Information section of the National Archives website and got nowhere.
Is there some way of getting access to Army records on line, or do you have to go to Kew?
And if you do go to Kew, how easy is it to get an individual officer's Army record?
Is there a separate section for Medical Officers around 1877-8?
I'm looking for some help please: I want to get the Army career history of an ancestor.
His name is Dugald Blair Brown and he joined the Army as a surgeon in 1871, and died in service (in the Punjab) in 1896. He served in the Zulu Wars, the early Boer Wars, and in India and Burma, rising to the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel by the time he died.
There's plenty of information about him on the internet, and I've got copies of censuses, birth certificate, medical qualification, and death certificate.
But what I'm interested in is his early Army career, and particularly where he was and what he was doing in 1877-8, just before he was shipped off to South Africa.
I've tried the Military Records Information section of the National Archives website and got nowhere.
Is there some way of getting access to Army records on line, or do you have to go to Kew?
And if you do go to Kew, how easy is it to get an individual officer's Army record?
Is there a separate section for Medical Officers around 1877-8?
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