-
Recent Posts
- 8mm Films 03/07/2022
- Not the Reef Knot (9) Rotterdam Revisited 18/06/2022
- The Case Against Olivier and 11 Others 09/06/2022
- Circling Cirencester 27/05/2022
- Saint Oswald’s Priory, Gloucester. 24/05/2022
- Tewkesbury’s Big Weekend 2022 22/05/2022
- A Stitch in Time 21/05/2022
- Action Man Ponders the Folly of War 21/05/2022
- Not the Reef Knot (8) A Visit to the Queen Mary 08/05/2022
- Loco Motion 01/05/2022
- Remembering Action Man 03/04/2022
- 100 Plastic Toy Soldiers 27/03/2022
- Not the Reef Knot (7). A Visit to Meet a Royal Viking 22/03/2022
- Not The Reef Knot (6). Durban Trip July 1992 07/03/2022
- March Madness 06/03/2022
- Heidi…. Heidi…… HEIDI! 05/03/2022
- Not the Reef Knot (5). A Voyage on the Kuiseb 24/02/2022
- Not the Reef Knot (4) May 1989 Durban Trip 14/02/2022
- Not the Reef Knot (3): Off to Durban to see Vistafjord 10/02/2022
- Retrospective: The Hong Kong Waterfront 10/02/2022
Most Viewed Posts
- Visiting Vic’s Viking Garage (3,666)
- The joy of Model Railways (3,430)
- Krugersdorp Concentration Camp Cemetery (3,322)
- Heidelberg Transport Museum (2,634)
- Johannesburg Park Station. A 2012 view. (2,591)
- Visiting Rebecca Street Cemetery: Pretoria (2,303)
- Voortrekker Memorial at Emma Park in Linden (1,933)
- Let’s go by bus! (1,786)
- Irene Concentration Camp (1,522)
- Triang Minic Ships (1,422)
- The End of Reefsteamers? (1,318)
- Heidelberg Concentration Camp Cemetery (1,235)
- Remembering the OSV Voortrekker (1,178)
- The Old Roodepoort Cemetery (1,072)
- Bad teeth no bar (1,044)
- Modelling the Union-Castle Line (1) (1,037)
- The Banana Bridge (1,030)
- OTD: Spitfire Maiden Flight (1,027)
- Vereeniging Concentration Camp Cemetery (1,022)
- Southampton Shipwatch 44: Britannia (1,001)
- Graves in the Veld: Rietfontein Hospital. (931)
- Graves at Hillfox. Weltevreden Park Cemetery (930)
- It’s Courage the Cowardly Dog (875)
- Suideroord Concentration Camp Cemetery (854)
- Nancy the Springbok Mascot (801)
Category Archives: Victoria Cross
OTD: The Victoria Cross is established
On the 29th of January 1856 Queen Victoria issued the royal warrant that established the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. Prior to the 1850s, there was no official standardised system for recognition of … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo Boer War, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Military, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, War, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged award, Boer War, gallantry, medal, VC, Victoria Cross
Comments Off on OTD: The Victoria Cross is established
Frederick Hitch VC.
Frederick Hitch (27/11/1856 – 06/01/1913) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Rorke’s Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War on 22–23 January 1879. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 2 May 1879, Issue: 24717, Page: 3178 reads: … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Photo Essay, Retrospective, Rorke's Drift, South Africa, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, Zulu War
Tagged Anglo Zulu War, Chiswick, Frederick Hitch VC, Rorke's Drift, VC, Victoria Cross, William Allen VC.
Comments Off on Frederick Hitch VC.