J. Grimley

Corporal J. Grimley was a non-commissioned officer (he was a Lance-Corporal on arrival in South Africa but was later promoted to full Corporal) serving with the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1862, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858).

The Regiment was first posted to Grahamstown but in 1862 it was transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek).

Corporal J. Grimley acted in three productions.

Contribution to SA theatre

June 5, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of the one-act farce, Slasher and Crasher. (Policeman).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 240.)

June 19, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band production of a two-act melo-drama, Robert Macaire, or The Two Murderers of Lyons. (Louis).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, Supplementary Number, Keiskama Hoek, August 12, 1862, page 241.)

September 24, 1862: Acted in the Amateurs of the Band performance of George Dibdin Pitt's two-act “melo-drama”, The Eddystone Elf. (Servant).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)

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