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James Adrian Blaikie

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James Adrian Blaikie

Birth
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Death
22 Jan 1879 (aged 19)
Isandlwana, uThukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Burial
uMzinyathi District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Add to Map
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Killed in action at the Battle of Isandhlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 while serving as a trooper in the Natal Carbineers.
Son of Anthony Adrian Blaikie

Educated at Pietermaritzburg High School (South Africa) and Fettes College (Edinburgh, Scotland).

Requiescat in pace.
Killed in action at the Battle of Isandhlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 while serving as a trooper in the Natal Carbineers.
Son of Anthony Adrian Blaikie

Educated at Pietermaritzburg High School (South Africa) and Fettes College (Edinburgh, Scotland).

Requiescat in pace.

Inscription

"In Memory of
James Adrian Blaikie,
eldest son of the late
Anthony Adrian Blaikie, formerly of Aberdeen.
A volunteer Trooper in the Natal Carbineers.
Killed here in battle
22nd January 1879, aged 19 years."

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"In Honoured Memory of
the Undermentioned
Old Boys
of the High School
of Pietermaritzburg
(now Maritzburg College)
Who were Killed in Action
at
the Battle of Isandhlwana
on
22nd January 1879.
J.P. Archbell, N.N.C.
J.A. Blaikie, N.C.
H.W. Davis, N.C.
T.G. Doyle, L.H.
G.T. Macleroy, N.C.
F.J.D. Scott, N.C.
G.J.P. Shepstone, N.N.C.
Erected in 1969
by
Old Boys of the School
'Pro Aris et Focis.'"



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