STOKE ST  MARY,  SOMERSET,   ENGLAND

STOKE ST MARY HISTORICAL RECORDS


LT HENRY ALFRED WALSH - Somerset Light Infantry

HENRY ALFRED WALSH.pdf

Harry  Walsh, the son of Theobald Walsh, spent some of his childhood at Stoke House, Stoke St Mary

 Click on the picture to read his story - particularly his involvement in the Battle of Isandlwana and the Battle of Rorkes Drift where he me Lt John Chard.

Brevet Major Henry Walsh was presented with a Sword and other trophies by the Town Council of Taunton.

Read here the newspaper article describing the exploits that earned him this award - December 1885

Walsh.pdf

Click here to read General Smith-Dorrien’s account of his escape from Isandlwana.

  One of only a handful of officers and men who managed it.

Colonel Henry Walsh - Somerset Light Infantry

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