Talk:Frederick Hitch
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Frederick Hitch was illiterate
editThe internet says that he was illiterate, and this is proven by his enlistment form.
This has not survived, and is not at The National Archives. Moreover, he later wrote an account of his time at Rorke's Drift.
Whilst the spelling could be improved upon, I am not seeing evidence to support him being illiterate. Given he was born prior to the Elementary Education Act 1870, and would have been "school leaving age" when it came into being, there is a strong possibility that his literacy skills were under-developed. Keith H99 (talk) 17:00, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- I am going to remove
Frederick Hitch was illiterate, and when he joined the army he signed the official enlistment forms with a cross [X].
- There is no evidence to support this, and we do not know when he learned to read and write, the evidence of this being his account of his time at Rorke's Drift.Keith H99 (talk) 16:33, 7 November 2024 (UTC)