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    The Natal Native Contingent was a large force of auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa, forming a substantial portion of the defence forces of the...
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    Battle of Isandlwana (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
    there were approximately 2,500 local African auxiliaries of the Natal Native Contingent, many of whom were exiled or refugee Zulu. They were led by European...
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  • Gert Adendorff (category Colony of Natal people)
    Wilhelm Adendorff (10 July 1848 – c. 1914) was a member of the Natal Native Contingent notable for being the only soldier on the British side present...
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  • British forces in Zululand. Receiving news of Isandlwana from Natal Native Contingent Commander Adendorff and warnings that a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors...
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    Battle of Rorke's Drift (category 1879 in the Colony of Natal)
    leaving behind the small garrison. A large company of the 2nd/3rd Natal Native Contingent (NNC) under Captain William Stevenson was ordered to remain at...
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    made a corporal in the Natal Native Contingent of the British Army in South Africa. On 22 January 1879, at Rorke's Drift, Natal, Corporal Schiess, in spite...
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    Battle of Ulundi (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
    Artillery, Army Service Corps, 2nd Battalion Natal Native Contingent, Army Medical Department, and Natal Native Pioneer Corps. On 3 July, with negotiations...
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    Action at Sihayo's Kraal (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
    gorge. A frontal assault was launched by auxiliary troops from the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), supported by British regulars, while a mixed unit of mounted...
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  • Fort Tenedos (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
    some 2,200 Natal Natives formed into two battalions of the 2nd Regiment, Natal Native Contingent, and a company of Durnford's Natal Native Pioneer Corps...
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    Colonial troopers; 1,655 men of the 2nd Regiment, Natal Native Contingent; and 60 of 2 Company, Natal Native Pioneers. Knight 2013, p. 8. "Pearson's Holdouts"...
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    force of African troops including the Natal Native Horse and a detachment of the 1st Regiment Natal Native Contingent. On 20 January, Durnford's force was...
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    He was twice married and died in Jamaica in January 1916. When Natal Native Contingent was formed in November 1879, Hamilton-Browne volunteered to become...
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  • Natal Mounted Rifles Natal Native Contingent, a large force of black auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Natal (ship)...
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  • Thumbnail for Natal Native Pioneer Corps
    The Natal Native Pioneer Corps, commonly referred to as the Natal Pioneers, was a British unit of the Zulu War. Raised in November/December 1878 the unit...
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    background at the barricade just to left of Chard and Bromhead in Natal Native Contingent uniform. The Defence of Rorke's Drift was exhibited at the Royal...
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    Siege of Eshowe (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
    Zulus appeared near the knoll on the ridge and a company of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), under Lieutenant Hart, were sent up the spur after them...
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    set up camp at Isandlwana. However, along with a large contingent of Natal Native Contingent (NNC) troops, Bromhead's company was ordered to stay behind...
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    Battle of Gingindlovu (category History of KwaZulu-Natal)
    Regiment of Foot, the 97th Highlanders and the 60th Rifles, the Natal Native Contingent (NNC) and a mounted force commanded by Major Barrow. The column...
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  • predecessor of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) Natal Native Contingent, British auxiliary soldiers in South Africa around late 19th century...
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    Anglo-Zulu War (category 1879 in the Colony of Natal)
    ISBN 978-0-7486-2354-9. Thompson, P. S. (2006). Black Soldiers of the Queen: The Natal Native Contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5368-1...
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    by Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, and a large company of the 3rd Natal Native Contingent (NNC). Chard's group arrived on 19 January and set up camp near...
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    Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884), Swiss Victoria Cross recipient and Natal Native Contingent corporal during the Anglo–Zulu War, buried at sea after dying aboard...
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    Thompson, Paul Singer (2006). Black Soldiers of the Queen: The Natal Native Contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-5368-2...
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    assortment of local forces. These included four companies of the Natal Native Contingent, traditionally armed and equipped African troops with white officers...
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    ISBN 978-1-4020-0433-9. Thompson, P. S. (2006). Black Soldiers of the Queen: The Natal Native Contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5368-1...
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    Natal Native Contingent (NNC) auxiliary which was under military control and expected to participate in the forthcoming invasion. The existing Natal volunteer...
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    Lascarins Méhariste Military of Portuguese Macau Moroccan Goumier Natal Native Contingent Philippine Scouts Puerto Rico National Guard Regulares Royal Corps...
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  • Centre Column. He attached himself to the 3rd Regiment of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), a black African force led by white officers and non-commissioned...
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    Mountain, South Africa Christian Schiess Swiss 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Natal Native Contingent Rorke's Drift, South Africa Filip Konowal Ukrainian 1917 First...
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    wounded. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War as a sergeant with the 3rd Natal Native Contingent.[citation needed] This unit was disbanded at Rorke's Drift after...
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