Hi all, seems like you have been busy whilst I have been away.
My appoligies to Simon you are correct there was no Cpl David in the 3VSC, I misstyped!. There was a Cpl Davies. In fact he went out to South Africa as a drummer and came back as a Cpl.
It mentions in a newspaper article that W Bailey was a bit of an old campaigner and had already served out in South Africa in 1881 but does not say with which regiment.
A little snippet for you with respect to William Bailey:
On 19th Dec 1901 Sgt Bailey and his companions left Harrismith and proceeded in the direction of Baautoland to work in conjunction with De Lisle's and other columns. Whilst crossing the drift he had a mishap slipping down on a stone, getting a ducking in the river, cutting his knee, and worst of all, nearly loosing a cabbage which he had carried for no less than three days, waiting for an opportunity of cooking it. After a scramble, however, in the swiftly running water he managed to recover it. On the following day he was compelled owing to the injured knee to ride in a waggon from which he lost a favourite stick which had helped him on many a long march.
I would be intrested in using the photograph of William Bailey in my planned book, would that be possible?, and if so is it possible to get a very good scanned copy of the photograph?
