Dag vriende QUICKQUIP:-"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. " - Sir Ralph RICHARDSON. ON THIS DAY:-1147:-Reconquistra: After a siege of four months, crusader knights reconquer Lisbon. 1415:-The French suffer a catastrophic defeat during the Hundred Year War when Henry V of England and his heavy-outnumbered and lightly armoured infantry and archers humiliate the French cavalry at Agincourt, on Saint Crispin's Day; in the process, a good deal of France nobility is wiped out. 1795;-Colonel Robert GORDON , explorer of the interior of South Africa, commits suicide because of his inability to prevent the British occupation of the Cape. 1854:-The infamous Charge of the Light Brigade - an act of supreme folly, and bravery, in the face all insurmountable odds. It happened when the British light cavalry charged by mistake into the heart of the Russian Imperial army at Balaclava in the Crimean War; leading to the death of 110 soldiers during the charge, 161 injured and 475 horses killed. British Poet Laureate Alfred TENNYSON would go on to immortalise the event in his poem, " The Charge of the Light Brigate" , The debacle had long-term consequences for the British army. DEATHS:-AINSLEY Ken + 24 Oct 2019 x Pam. No children.(Private) BANKS Alan Francis 19 Aug 1926 - 23 Oct 2019 x June BANKS. Father of Karen and Michael. Grand and great-grandfather. DE FREITAS DUARTE (Eddie). Funeral Service at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Durban North on 25 Oct 2019 at 15:00pm. -SHANLEY'S 031 205 7644 HURD Mark + 18 Oct 2019 . Of ORACLE Corporation. He was co-chief and he was 62 years old. The Mercury Mon 21 Oct 2019. Van HEESWIJK Petrus Johannes Josephus Pieter (Father) 3 Sept 1928 in Netherlands - 8 Sept 2019 at age 92 at Nazareth House. He was a priest in Germany, Netherlands and places in South Africa. BEREA MAIL 25 Oct 2019. MEMORIAM:- FORSYTH Dave . Remembered by Brian, Jean and Justin. FREEGUARD Steven + 26 Oct 2002. Love and remembered by Dad and Marion. POOLE Charles Wlliem (as is in press) [could be Willem] +25 Oct 2009. Missed by your daughters, grandchildren, brother and sister . Miss you so much - Your Wife. Gegroet uit Durban waar dit begin reen het vanaand maar nie baie nie . Wel donderweer ver oor die berge. Rita Quebbemann.