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The Career
of Samuel Wassall, V.C., 80th Regiment
| Born at Dudley,
Staffordshire, 28 July. 1856. |
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Birth Certificate
with the late Mrs Margaret Pratt. |
Enlisted at Dudley,
28th November, 1874
Stated on attestion: 18 years, 3 months
Age 18. 427, 80th Regiment |
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Regimental Register,
80th Ft.
Museum at Lichfield |
| The 80th Regiment
arrived in South Africa, 1877 |
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"The Stafford
Knot" |
| Joined Carrington's
Mounted Infantry, aged 21, 1877. |
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"London
Magazine" |
| Served in the Galeka
War, 1877-1878 |
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"British
Battles" |
| Won the Victoria
Cross saving the life of Private Westwood in the
Buffalo River, after retreat from Isandhlwana,
22nd January, 1879. |
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VC register (Wm. M.
Lummis) |
| Married 10th April
1882. (Stated age 23) |
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Marriage Certificate |
| Died in North
Lonsdale Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire,
31 January 1927, Age 70. |
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Death Certificate
(Wm. M. Lummis)
Letter from N.L. Hospital |
| Buried in Barrow
Cemetary, 3rd February, 1927. (No Tombstone) |
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Newspaper of Feb.
1927.
Letter from Director of Cemetaries, Barrow. |
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