Lichfield Cathedral War Memorials
Anglo-Zulu War Memorial
ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN 80TH [STAFFORDSHIRE VOLUNTEERS] REGIMENT WHO SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA TO THE MEMORY OF THIER COMRADES WHO FELL DURING THE SEKUKUNI & ZULU CAMPAIGNS 1878 - 1879
80th (Staffordshire Volunteer) Regiment, Anglo-Zulu War Memorial, Lichfield Cathedral (photograph courtesy of Tim Needham and the Imperial War Museum)
The wrought iron screen and shields commemorate the men of the 80th (South Staffordshire) Regiment who fell in the Sekukuni and Zulu Campaigns in South Africa, 1878-1879. Set against the railing are five inscribed metal plaques, each in the form of an imitation cow-hide Zulu shield, resembling Zulu weaponry. Four of the plaques list men of the 80th who fell in action in Zululand, whilst the fifth plaque records the names of those who died through other causes (especially disease) during the Zulu and Sekukuni campaigns in South Africa. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the imitation insert strips, giving rank on the left and name on the right, starting with senior officers first.
The first memorial shield plaque lists the officers and men of the 80th (South Staffordshire) Regiment who fell at the Battle of the Ntombe Drift in Zululand on March 12, 1879.
KILLED AT INTOMBE
CAPTAIN
CIVIL
Cr. SERGt
Lce. SERGt
CORPORAL
CORPORAL
DRUMMER
PRIVATE
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PRIVATE
RIVER DRIFT
DAVID B MORIARTY
SURGEON COBBIN
HENRY FREDERICKS
GEORGE SANSAM
ERNEST JOHNSON
JOHN McCoy
JOHN LEATHER
JONAH ADEY
JOHN ANTHONY
ARTHUR BANKS
JOHN BANNER
GEORGE BROUGHTON
JAMES BROWN
HENRY BROWNSON
JOHN CHADWICK
JAMES CHRISTIE
ALFRED DAY
The second memorial shield plaque lists the men of the 80th (South Staffordshire) Regiment who fell at the Battle of the Ntombe Drift in Zululand on March 12, 1879.
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JOHN DODD
JOHN H DUTTON
WILLIAM FARRELL
WILLIAM FINDLES
WILLIAM FLYFIELD
WILLIAM FOX
JOHN FURNIAUX
EDWIN GITTINGS
JOSEPH GREEN
GEORGE HADLEY
JULIAN HART
GEORGE HAYNES
ELI HAWKES
THOMAS DEALEY
HENRY HILL
THOMAS HODGES
JOHN HUGHES
JOHN INGHAM
The third memorial shield plaque lists the men of the 80th (South Staffordshire) Regiment who fell at the Battle of the Ntombe Drift in Zululand on March 12, 1879.
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HENRY JACOBS
JOHN LAFFERTY
RALPH LEESE
HENRY LODGE
BERNARD SHERRY
HENRY MEADOWS
ARTHUR MIDDOW
GEORGE MITCHELL
ROBERT MOORE
WILLIAM MORAN
HENRY NIGHT
WILLIAM PHIPPS
CHARLES PRITCHARD
ARTHUR PUMMELL
FREDERICK RALPHS
JOHN ROBINSON
HENRY RUFFLE
MICHAEL HERRIDAN
JOSEPH SILCOCK
HENRY SMITH
The fourth memorial shield plaque lists the men of the 80th (South Staffordshire) Regiment who fell at the Battle of the Ntombe Drift in Zululand (March 12, 1879), the Battle of Isandlwana (January 22, 1879) and the Battle of Ulundi (July 4, 1879).
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KILLED AT
SERGEANT
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KILLED AT THE
SERGEANT
PRIVATE
JOSEPH TIBBOTT
GEORGE TUCKER
THOMAS TUCKER
RICHARD TOMLINSON
JAMES VERNON
JOSEPH WEAVER
HERBERT WOODWARD
ISANDHLWANA
WILLIAM JOHNSON
JOHN CHESTERTON
EDIN HOLMAN
HENRY THOMPSON
WILIAM McDONALD
WILLIAM SEYMOUR
JOSEPH WHITEHOUSE
BATTLE OF ULUNDI
HENRY WATTS
JOSEPH FLOYD
The fifth memorial shield records the names of those who died through other causes (especially disease) during the Zulu and Sekukuni campaigns in South Africa.
SERGEANT
Lce. SERGt.
Lce. CORp.
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CHARLES TATUN
MYLES DUGGAN
EWAN GRAHAM
WILLIAM BOND
FRED BUTLER
JOHN CORRY
THOMAS COOK
WILLIAM DYBALL
ALEX MANSON
JOHN MORTON
JOHN MOSS
THOMAS MORRIS
RICHARD OWEN
ARTHUR SIMPSON
JOHN SMITH
JOSEPH SMITH
HENRY UPTON
Additional information supplied by Julian Whybra:
The second person named on the first shield, Civil Surgeon Cobbin, was not a serving member of the 80th Regiment. He was a civilian in the Army Medical Department and was attached to the 80th Regiment for the duration of the war.
In total 46 men died of disease during the regiment’s tour of duty. Whilst the fifth memorial shield records the names of 17 men who died through other causes (disease especially) during the Zulu and Sekukuni campaigns in South Africa, Julian’s research has identified the names of 29 other men who served during that tour of duty by the 80th Regiment. 14 of the men died of disease whilst on active service, and were therefore awarded the South Africa Medal; 15 others died of disease when they were not engaged on active service, so did not receive the South Africa Medal. The names of those 29 men are listed below:
List A
14 men from the 80th Regiment who died of disease whilst on active service, and were therefore awarded the South Africa Medal. The active service covered the First Boer War 1880-81, the Ninth Kaffir War (1877-78) and the Basuto War 1880.
80/265 Sergt. Robt. Lawrence d. 30.10.79
80/704 Pte. Robt. Adams d. 14.2.80
80/169 Pte. Thos. Burgwin d. on sea voyage home 10.5.80
80/1609 Pte. Henry Burtenshaw d. 30.3.80
80/1202 Pte. Noah Dutton d. on sea voyage home 17.4.80
80/1813 Pte. Thos. Garvey d. Pinetown 19.12.79
80/1777 Pte. John Hall d. 7.3.80
80/1580 Pte. Alfred Meachin d. Pietermaritzburg 26.12.78
80/486 Pte. Peter Rohen d. Netley, England 29.3.80
80/1423 Pte. Jno. Ryan d. unknown
80/1245 Pte. Jas. Fred. Tansley d.13.5.80
80/1536 Pte. Wm. Taylor d. Newcastle 18.8.78
80/423 Pte. Jno. Varley d. Pietermaritzburg 22.7.80
80/1289 Pte. Jno. Weaver d. 26.3.80
List B
15 men from the 80th Regiment who died of disease when they were not engaged on active service, so did not receive the South Africa Medal.
Lieut.-Col. Geo. Hamilton Twemlow d. King William’s Town 8.11.77
Maj. Henry Rowland d. Newcastle 17.11.77
QM John Belt d. Mooi River 5.8.78
80/509 Pte. Thos. Burton d. Pietermaritzburg 26.8.78
80/641 Pte. Hugh Collins d. Durban 3.4.77
80/559 Pte. Jas. Edwards d. Transvaal 24.8.78
80/630 Pte. Wm. Arrowsmith Fennah d. Durban 22.4.77
80/1274 Pte. Harry Gissio (alias Stansbury) d. Pretoria 28.9.78
80/688 Pte. Fred. Gould d. East London 29.6.77
80/150 Pte. Wm. Hain d. Pietermaritzburg 19.2.78
80/277 Pte. Jno. Mollast d. Pietermaritzburg 1.11.77
80/276 Pte. Jos. Parr d. 13.5.79
80/1996 Pte. Geo. Small d. Newcastle 27.11.77
80/270 Pte. Jas. Weatherer d. Newcastle 25.2.78
80/2076 Pte. Samuel Wiltshire d. King William’s Town 26.5.77
Julian’s books contain a great deal more information he has researched about the Anglo-Zulu War. Those who wish to learn more are recommended to investigate these titles in particular:
STUDIES IN THE ZULU WAR 1879 Volume I (2012)
ISANDHLWANA AND THE DURNFORD PAPERS
A BRAVE FUGITIVE: AN ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT OF ISANDHLWANA
“AN ENGLISHMAN IN OUTLANDISH PLACES”: ANTHONY TROLLOPE AND LIEUT. NATHANIEL NEWNHAM DAVIS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1877
STUDIES IN THE ZULU WAR 1879 Volume II (2013)
THE COCHRANE ACCOUNTS OF ISANDHLWANA
READING BETWEEN THE LINES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ALLEGED ‘PULLEINE-CAVAYE ORDER’ OF 22.1.1879
MORE NOBLE 24TH: AN ADDENDUM TO NORMAN HOLME’S MONUMENTAL WORK
MODERATION AND FORBEARANCE: SOUTH AFRICAN CONFEDERATION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE ZULU WAR
PRIVATE DAVID JENKINS AND A CONTEMPORARY ROLL OF RORKE’S DRIFT DEFENDERS
STUDIES IN THE ZULU WAR 1879 Volume III (2016)
THE LETTERS OF COL.-SERGT. WILLIAM EDWARDS 1/24TH
THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR MEMORIAL IN LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL
THE DEFENCE OF HELPMEKAAR
ZABANGE – PURE FICTION
THE PRISONER ESCORT AT RORKE’S DRIFT
THE CHARD REPORTS: A STYLOMETRIC ANALYSIS
STUDIES IN THE ZULU WAR 1879 Volume IV (2017)
GUNNER WILLIAM TAYLOR’S FROM ISANDHLWANA
BROTHERS IN ARMS
THE WRECKED CAMP AT ISANDHLWANA: WHAT THE REARGUARD SAW
STUDIES IN THE ZULU WAR 1879 Volume V (2018)
MEMENTO MORI
THE SYMONS ACCOUNT: LORD CHELMSFORD’S RECONNAISSANCE & THE DEFENCE OF RORKE’S DRIFT
AN ACCOUNT OF ISANDHLWANA BY TROOPER WALTER GRANGER, NATAL CARBINEERS
COMPANION VOLUME: ENGLAND’S SONS (2004, 9th ed. 2020)
A CASUALTY AND SURVIVORS’ ROLL OF BRITISH COMBATANTS FOR THE BATTLE OF ISANDHLWANA AND THE DEFENCE OF RORKE’S DRIFT
1st BATT SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT THIS WINDOW IS PLACED HERE BY THE
1ST BATTALION SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900 -1-2 AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED.
“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.” St. John XV. 13.
T. DAVIS
W. SPRUCE
H. SMITH
J. SHARP
W. SHEERS
S. SMITH
A. C. STARKEY
G. SEATON
C. SMITH
J. TUNSTALL
T. TRUSS
G. THORLEY
T. WALKER
A. WATSON
W. WARROLL
T. WOOLLEY
W. WYNN
A. WEDGE
J. WESTWOOD
J. WRIGHT
J. WILKINS
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
COMPANIES -------
CORPORALS.
S.F. TAYLOR
R. JONES
Lce CORPORALS.
E.T. WHITTON
St G. WALKER
PRIVATES
H. HUTCHINSON
E. REYNOLDS
W. CAPELL
C. WHITLOCK
T. CONSTABLE
F. GILES
G. HYATT
E. HIPKISS
J. HUGHES
B. HEWITT
J.HEATH
T. HANCOX
J. HUNTER
W. HANSON
G. HODGKINSON
J. HITCHCOTT
S. HARVEY
J. JONES
E. F. JOHNSON
A. KEMP
J. LAWLEY
W. LONGMAN
R. Mc.DONALD
J. H. MAYO
J. MOBLEY
J. NORTH
J. NOAKES
J. NEIL
G. PARKES
T. PARTRIDGE
G. PARSONS
H. POWELL
B. PYNE
J. POSTON
C. ROSS
W. READ
J. ROTHAN
W. CURTIS
A. WRIGHT
T. CUTLER
G. BAKER
G. BULL
J. BERRILL
J. BRADBURY
W. COX
J. CHANDLER
J. CLARKE
H. CONSTABLE
H. COOPER
G. COOPER
F. COPSEY (NO. 4212)
F. COPSEY (NO.5327)
J. DONNELLY
A. DAVIES
W. DONOVAN
E. DYTCH
J. DOLEMAN
C. DALE
A. DAFT
J. DURKIN
J. EGAN
M. EVANS
W. EDWARDS
C. ELMS
T. ELCOCK
J. FOSTER
S. FOSTER
A.E. FRENCH
F. FAULKNER
J. GRIFFIN
G. GAUDERN
W. GROSVENER
OFFICERS.
MJR G. A. WILLIAMS
CPT E. B. GROGAN
CPT A.T. BLACKWOOD
2ND LIEUT G.I.D. BRANCKLER
NON-COMMISSIONED-OFFICERS
SERGT DR. E. HANHAM
SERGT W.E. GRACE
SERGT J. McCARTHY
SERGT G. HAYES
SERGT J. BARKER
CORPL A. MANN
CORPL A. NICHOLSON
CORPL F. GALLOWAY
L CORPL J. CARELESS
L CORPL A. DENNING
L CORPL J. TILDSLEY
L CORPL H. HANHAM
L CORP W. WILLIAMS
L CORPL J. JOYCE
L CORPL J. HIGGINS
L CORPL G. FELLOWS
L CORPL L. MAY
PRIVATES
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H. ASHFORD
W. BARKER
J. BRYAN
J. GALLAGHER
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 4TH BATT. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT.
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRYS SERVICE DURING THE S. AFRICAN WAR 1900-1901
Private E. Pike
" T. Hollamby
" T. Morris
" C. Wells
" E. Yates
" R. Haynes
" A. Moulton
" A. Hobbins
" S. Hogan
" W. Tranter
" F. Ford
" Isaac Banks
" G. Hughes
" J. Silvester
" A. Gidlow
" A. Haynes
" W. Philbrook
" J. Evans
" S. Lounds
" P. Mannion
E. Picken
BY THEIR COMRADES
Sergt Dmr. T. Simpson
Sergt H. Walker
Lace. Sergt. R. Daniels
“ “ G. Hemsley
Corpl. C. Hodgkins
“ A. Smith
Drummer E. Ballinger
Private J. Benton
" J. Palmer
" F. Dixon
" C. Chapman
" G. Armstrong
" D Mullins
" W. Lawley
" W. Bagnall
" J. Clarke
" F. Willis
" J. Newell
" M. Collett
" T. How
Private
THIS STONE WAS ERECTED
THIS MONUMENTIS ERECTED TO
THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS
THE NON COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE
80TH. REGIMENT OF FOOT
OR STAFFORDSHIRE VOLUNTEERS
WHO FELL DURING THE SUTLEJ
CAMPAIGN OF 1815 AND 1816
BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES
THESE DECORATIONS
WERE AWARDED TO THE LATE
LT COL BUNBURY C.B.K.T.S.
FORMERLY IN COMMAND OF THE 8OTH. REGT.
DUM JACENT CLAMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 80TH. REGIMEN T OF FOOT OR STAFFORDSHIRE VOLUNTEERS WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED ON THIS TABLET AND WHO FELL IN THE ACTIONS OF MOODKEE BUDDEWAL ALLEWAL FEROZSHA AND SOBRAON INCLUDING THOSE WHO SUBSEQUENTLEY DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THEIR WOUNDS WHEN SERVING WITH THE ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ IN INDIA
FORTIS CADERE CEDERE NON POTEST
CAPTAIN ABEL DOTTIN W. BEST
CAPTAIN RINALDO SCHEBERRAS
Bt. CAPTAIN SIMON FRASER
LIEUTt. ROBERT BOYLE WARREN
LIEUTt. G. CHARLES GLOSSOP BYTHESEA
LIEUTt. MATTHEW DEANE FREEMAN
LIEUTt. RICHARD M. CRAWLEY
SERJANT THOMAS STOREY
CORPORAL THOMAS BROWN
DRUMMERS WILLIAM Mc.DERMOTT
AND EDWARD LETT
PRIVATES
ROBERT ATKINSON - THOMAS BATES - WILLIAM BESLEY - JOHN BOARDMAN - JOHN BISHOP - DAVID BUTLER - WILLIAM CAGBY - JAMES CHAPMAN - WILLIAM CLAYTON - FREDERICK COOPER - JOHN COX - JOHN COUGHLAN - EBENEZER DENTON - THOMAS DIXON - JAMES DOUGLAS - FARRINGTON DAVISON - WILLIAM DOLBY - WILLIAM FROST - EDWARD FIELD - HENRY FOOTE - RAYMOND FRENCH - JOSEPH GREEN - OWEN GILLIGAN - WILLIAM GREEN - MICHAEL HENNESSY - JOHN HOWARD - THOMAS HARVEY - NICHOLAS HILL - JOHN HALL - ROBERT HOBBS - JOHN KELLY - PHILIP LEE - JAMES LAURIE - JOHN MONEY - JOHN MAUSBRIDGE - THOMAS MILNER - PATRICK MADINE - THOMAS MORETON - JOHN MITCHELL - JOHN MILLIGAN - JOHN NEWEL - JOHN NIXON - GEORGE ORMROD - EDWARD ORR - WILLIAM PALMER - JAMES PORTER - DAVID RAE - JOHN ROBINSON - JAMES RATHBONE - THOMAS ROLFE - CHARLES ROBERTS - WILLIAM RICE - JAMES RICHARDS - WILLIAM REEVE - THOMAS SKINNER - JAMES SIMPSON - JOHN SHEARING - SAMUEL SUTCLIFFE - WILLIAM SCOTT - JOHN TOOLE - EDMUND THOMAS - PETER WILSON - THOMAS WILSON - JOHN WELTON - JOSEPH YATES - JOHN WILLIAMSON - JAMES WOODWARD.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED OFFICERS AND MEN
OF HER MAJESTY’S 80TH. REGIMENT OF FOOT WHO DIED BETWEEN THE 1ST. OF MARCH 1852 AND THE30TH. NOVEMBER 1853 WHILE THE REGIMENT WAS EMPLOYED ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN BURMA
LIEUTt. GENERAL H. DAUBENY K.H.
COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT
LIEUTt. COLONEL C. CLEWS
MAJOR R. A. LOCKHART
MAJOR R. T. SAYERS
CAPTAIN H. G. J. BOWLER
PAYMASTER T. B. HUNT
LIEUTt. T. W. HUNT SON OF THE ABOVE
LIEUTt. W. C. DUNN
LIEUTt. W. D. FREEMAN
LIEUTt. M. KIRKLAND
LIEUTt. R. H. MONTGOMERIE
LIUTt. T. P. QUILL
ASSISTANT SURGEON J. GRANT
ASSISTANT SURGEON H. C. LUCAS
19 SERGEANTS 17 CORPORALS 2 DRUMMERS
AND 316 PRIVATES OF WHOM
THE UNDERMENTIONED FELL IN ACTION WITH THE ENEMY
COLOUR SERGEANT A. WEIR
PRIVATES
L. HINTON J. BARKER J. BULL J. DOW
G. FENLON W. LEAR J. LONAGON J. LYONS
I. WATERHOUSE
THE REMAINDER WERE CARRIED OFF BY
CHOLERA DYSENTRY AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE COUNTRY
THIS TABLET ERECTED BY
THE SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT
AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF
THEIR DEPARTED COMRADES
THIS CHAPEL OF ST MICHAEL
WAS DEDICATED
26 APRIL 1926
FOR THE PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE MEN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THE ROLL OF HONOUR
HEREIN ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF OUR COMRADES OF ALL
RANKS & BATTALIONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILST SERVING IN THE REGIMENT DURING THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945
THE LECTURN
CONTAINING THIS ROLL IS A MEMORIAL OF THE
GALLANTRY AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE RECORDED BY NAME AND OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT WHO FELL WHILST SERVING WITH OTHER UNITS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES
ROLL OF HONOUR
THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
REGIMENT THE PRINCE OF WALES
ROLL OF HONOUR
THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. HEREIN ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF OUR COMRADES OF ALL RANKS AND BATTALIONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILST SERVING IN THE REGIMENT DURING THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945
THE LECTURN
CONTAINING THIS ROLL IS A MEMORIAL OF THE
GALLANTRY AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE RECORDED BY NAME AND OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT WHO FELL WHILST SERVING WITH OTHER UNITS OF
HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES
ROLL OF HONOUR
THESTAFFORDSHIRE
YEOMANARY Q.O.R.R.
HEREIN ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF OUR COMRADES OF ALL RANKS & BATTALIONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES WHILST SERVING IN THE REGIMENT DURING THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945
THE LECTURN
CONTAINING THIS ROLL IS A MEMORIAL OF THE GALLANTRY AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE RECORDED BY NAME AND OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT WHO FELL WHILST SERVING WITH OTHER UNITS OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES