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Originally Posted by janwhin
I'm not sure it is the same man. I think the police assault took place at Choppington/Guide Post and there is a death notice of 1908 for a Thomas Craig husband of Margaret at Choppington, aged 70.
A birth of about 1840 would mean he would have been about 40 in the Zulu War and 50? for the first Boer.
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That would be too old. The Zulu dates were 1877-1879, the 1st Boer War 1880-81. So this 70 year old (1908) is unlikely to be the Thomas in the 1890 fracas.
[on the other hand, the incarcerated Thomas Craig with a birth year of 1859 is a perfect age for a Zulu war campaigner.
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