171 Petty Officer (2nd Class) A Adrian, Natal Naval Volunteers. Volunteered for service during the Second Anglo Boer War. In October 1899 the Natal Naval Volunteers numbered 123 all ranks and were commanded by Commander G Tatum. The unit manned two Hotchkiss machine guns and one rifled muzzle-loading 9 pounder in Ladysmith, in Estcourt they had 15 men and one gun and in Colenso 30 men and two guns. The detachment in Ladysmith with their two 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns were part of the force at Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hill during the great attack by Boer forces on 6 Jan 1900. Petty Officer Adrian served from 29 Sep 1899 until his death from enteric fever at the Intombi Military Hospital, Ladysmith. He was buried in Intombi cemetery.
171 Petty Officer (2nd Class) A Adrian, Natal Naval Volunteers. Volunteered for service during the Second Anglo Boer War. In October 1899 the Natal Naval Volunteers numbered 123 all ranks and were commanded by Commander G Tatum. The unit manned two Hotchkiss machine guns and one rifled muzzle-loading 9 pounder in Ladysmith, in Estcourt they had 15 men and one gun and in Colenso 30 men and two guns. The detachment in Ladysmith with their two 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns were part of the force at Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hill during the great attack by Boer forces on 6 Jan 1900. Petty Officer Adrian served from 29 Sep 1899 until his death from enteric fever at the Intombi Military Hospital, Ladysmith. He was buried in Intombi cemetery.
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