 Nashville  | 23 Nov 2016 3:29 a.m. PST |
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| WarWizard | 23 Nov 2016 4:05 a.m. PST |
Do not know about the medals, but I thought rank chevrons were on the right sleeve. Gold for Sgt, White for Lance Sgt. Or am I mistaken? |
| 15th Hussar | 23 Nov 2016 5:07 a.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure his rank was Colour Sergeant (or 1st Sargent in US terminology), highest ranking NCO within the company structure and future candidate for RSM. |
| King Monkey | 23 Nov 2016 5:37 a.m. PST |
A quick google gives Army Temperance Medal for India and Ashanti War Medal 1873-74. |
| JimDuncanUK | 23 Nov 2016 5:44 a.m. PST |
The medal on the right looks a bit like the Indian Mutiny medal. The one on the left, who knows. But it is an entertainment film so they could be what they had in the wardrobe department at the time. |
| Frothers Did It And Ran Away | 23 Nov 2016 6:15 a.m. PST |
Temperance medal would be amusing, what with the boozy preacher. |
| Nashville | 23 Nov 2016 7:51 a.m. PST |
right on --medal on left is indian mutiny
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| cavcrazy | 23 Nov 2016 8:11 a.m. PST |
Funny thing is, the real Colour Sgt Bourne was only 24 ! |
| JimDuncanUK | 23 Nov 2016 9:51 a.m. PST |
Funny thing is, the real Colour Sgt Bourne was only 24 !
Like I said, it was a film made for entertainment not a documentary. |
 Artilleryman | 23 Nov 2016 10:06 a.m. PST |
He was known as 'Boy' Bourne because of his youth. And Hook was a Temperance man and Chard and Bromehead had beards and were passed over subalterns and .. and.. it was just entertainment. |
| JimDuncanUK | 23 Nov 2016 10:11 a.m. PST |
Bromhead was as deaf as a very deaf person. |
| advocate | 23 Nov 2016 10:58 a.m. PST |
The ribbon on the Ashanti war medal is back and yellow vertical stripes. |
| Zargon | 23 Nov 2016 11:08 a.m. PST |
I'm acting in a war movie medals nbr 1 and 2, pretty accurate I'd say. |
| Nashville | 23 Nov 2016 3:20 p.m. PST |
The other is the the Punjab Medal 1848-49
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| Nashville | 23 Nov 2016 9:52 p.m. PST |
For his bravery, Bourne received the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for "outstanding coolness and courage" during the battle, with a £10.00 GBP annuity. The DCM, until 1993, was the second highest military decoration (after the Victoria Cross) awarded to other ranks of the British Army. He was offered a commission, but "being an eighth son, and the family exchequer … empty", he declined it.
After Rorke's Drift, Frank Bourne served in British India and Burma, being promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant in 1884.[1] He was commissioned in 1890. In 1893 he was appointed Adjutant of the School of Musketry at Hythe, Kent, retiring from the Army in 1907. During the Great War, he rejoined and served as Adjutant of the School of Musketry in Dublin. At the end of the war, he was given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and appointed OBE.
Bourne lived in retirement at 16 King's Hall Road, Beckenham, Kent. He was the last surviving defender from Rorke's Drift, dying on VE Day (8 May 1945), at the age of 91. Bourne was buried in Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery. |
| Mike Target | 24 Nov 2016 4:21 a.m. PST |
"Do not know about the medals, but I thought rank chevrons were on the right sleeve. Gold for Sgt, White for Lance Sgt. Or am I mistaken?" Can't find a source on the subject. But looking at my AZW infantry they do indeed have the chevrons on the right. Except the scots who have them on both arms. I think white is correct though. |
| 15th Hussar | 24 Nov 2016 5:19 a.m. PST |
I've very much enjoyed this entire conversation. |
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